Diversity and community assembly patterns of epigean vs. troglobiont spiders in the Iberian Peninsula
Cave-obligate organisms usually have smaller ranges and their assemblages have higher beta diversity than their epigean counterparts. Phylogenetic and functional diversity is usually low in cave communities, leading to taxonomic and functional disharmony, with entire groups missing from the subterra...
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University of South Florida Libraries
2012-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Speleology |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=ijs |