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Diversity in Terrestrial Cave Communities
Author(s) -
Poulson Thomal L.,
Culver David C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934678
Subject(s) - cave , ecology , substrate (aquarium) , microclimate , environmental science , ridge , flooding (psychology) , diversity (politics) , humidity , geography , biology , psychology , cartography , sociology , meteorology , anthropology , psychotherapist
Local species diversity of terrestrial arthropods was determined from a combination of trapping and census in an area of variable passage type in Flint Ridge Cave System in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. We measured evaporative rate, substrate moisture, substrate organic content, predictability and stability of food and microclimate, substrate diversity, and intensity of flooding. We found significant correlations of species diversity with substrate diversity, substrate organic content, and intensity of flooding.