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DOI	10.3390/d13070326
	Undara Lava Cave Fauna in Tropical Queensland with an Annotated List of Australian Subterranean Biodiversity Hotspots
	Eberhard, Stefan M.; Howarth, Francis G.
通讯作者	Eberhard, SM (corresponding author), Subterranean Ecol Pty Ltd, Sci Environm Serv, 227 Coningham Rd, Coningham, Tas 7054, Australia. ; Howarth, FG (corresponding author), Bernice P Bishop Museum, Dept Nat Sci, Honolulu, HI 96819 USA.
来源期刊	DIVERSITY-BASEL
EISSN	1424-2818
出版年	2021
卷号	13 期号:7
英文摘要	The lava tubes at Undara became internationally recognised in the late 1980s, when 24 species of terrestrial cave-adapted invertebrates (troglobionts) were recorded from Bayliss Cave, making it one of the 20 richest known cave communities in the world at the time. Over the last decades, several of the Undara species have been taxonomically described and a great deal of research has been undertaken in other parts of Australia, which has revealed additional subterranean hotspots. It is therefore timely to update the list of Undara cave fauna, and to evaluate the Undara cave system in relation to other subterranean hotspots in Australia. The updated species list was compiled from the published literature and museum databases. Minimally, 78 species of arthropods have been recorded from 17 lava tube caves in the Undara Basalt. Sixteen species have been taxonomically described; 30 identified to genus and/or morpho-species; and 32 remain unidentified to species or genus level. Thirty troglobionts and one stygobiont species were recorded. Seven caves harboured obligate subterranean species; Bayliss Cave harboured the most obligate subterranean species: 23 troglobionts and one stygobiont. All these caves contained deep zone environments with high humidity, of which three also contained 'bad air' (CO2). The unique combination of geomorphic structure and environmental parameters (high humidity) and multiple energy sources (tree roots, bats and guano, organic material wash-in) are the main factors responsible for Bayliss Cave's extraordinary local richness. Further research is needed to investigate CO2 as a factor influencing troglobiont richness and distribution in 'bad air' caves. Undara remains the richest subterranean hotspot in humid tropical Australia; however, significantly richer subterranean assemblages are found in arid and semi-arid calcrete aquifers, karst and iron-ore terrains, mostly in Western Australia.
英文关键词	basaltic lava flow cave ecology arthropods tropical cave fauna Bayliss Cave Psilotum
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000677346700001
WOS关键词	SILVERFISH ZYGENTOMA NICOLETIIDAE ; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA ; GENUS SOLONAIMA ; COCKROACHES ; EVOLUTION ; RANGE ; ATELURINAE ; HOMOPTERA ; HEMIPTERA ; CRUSTACEA
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368635
作者单位	[Eberhard, Stefan M.] Subterranean Ecol Pty Ltd, Sci Environm Serv, 227 Coningham Rd, Coningham, Tas 7054, Australia; [Howarth, Francis G.] Bernice P Bishop Museum, Dept Nat Sci, Honolulu, HI 96819 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Eberhard, Stefan M.,Howarth, Francis G.. Undara Lava Cave Fauna in Tropical Queensland with an Annotated List of Australian Subterranean Biodiversity Hotspots[J],2021,13(7).
APA	Eberhard, Stefan M.,&Howarth, Francis G..(2021).Undara Lava Cave Fauna in Tropical Queensland with an Annotated List of Australian Subterranean Biodiversity Hotspots.DIVERSITY-BASEL,13(7).
MLA	Eberhard, Stefan M.,et al."Undara Lava Cave Fauna in Tropical Queensland with an Annotated List of Australian Subterranean Biodiversity Hotspots".DIVERSITY-BASEL 13.7(2021).