Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)

0509617 - BC 2020 RIV BG eng J - Journal Article
Mammola, S. - Cardoso, P. - Angyal, D. - Balázs, G. - Blick, T. - Brustel, H. - Carter, J. - Ćurčić, S. - Danflous, S. - Dányi, L. - Déjean, S. - Deltshev, C. - Elverici, M. - Fernández, J. - Gasparo, F. - Komnenov, M. - Komposch, C. - Kováč, Ľ. - Kunt, K. B. - Mock, A. - Moldovan, O. - Naumova, M. - Pavlek, M. - Prieto, C. E. - Ribera, C. - Rozwalka, R. - Růžička, Vlastimil - Vargovitsh, R. S. - Zaenker, S. - Isaia, M.
Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae).
Biodiversity Data Journal. Roč. 7, OCT 08 (2019), č. článku e38492. ISSN 1314-2836. E-ISSN 1314-2828
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Araneae * cave * Europe
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 1.331, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access
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Data from 475 geo-referenced subterranean localities (caves, mines and other artificial subterranean sites, interstitial habitats) are herein made available. For each subterranean locality, information about the composition of the spider community is provided, along with local geomorphological and habitat features. Altogether, these communities account for > 300 unique taxonomic entities and 2,091 unique geo-referenced occurrence records, that are made available via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (Mammola and Cardoso 2019). This dataset is unique in that it covers both a large geographic extent (from 35° south to 67° north) and contains high-resolution local data on geomorphological and habitat features. Given that this kind of high-resolution data are rarely associated with broad-scale datasets used in macroecology, this dataset has high potential for helping researchers in tackling a range of biogeographical and macroecological questions, not necessarily uniquely related to arachnology or subterranean biology.
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