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This document contains a list of the bat species that regularly use caves and mines in the Appalachian LCC region, federal status of these species, and sources of bat data.
Addressing knowledge gaps to better protect unique landforms and their wealth of hidden biodiversity.
Historically, cave fauna, and any biota for that matter, were largely studied from a taxonomic perspective. With the advent of interest in species diversity in the late 1960’s and especially with the interest in biodiversity and biodiversity hotspots in the late 1980’s, the focus changed. Studies of cave fauna reflected the changing research agendas. In this bibliographic review, we examine five areas of interest: 1) National cave fauna studies; 2) Regional and local cave fauna studies in the Appalachians; 3) A summary of the major taxonomic studies; 4) Previous mapping of biodiversity in the region and the techniques employed; 5) Models for explaining subterranean biodiversity patterns, both in the Appalachians...
In this video presentation, Dr. David Culver of American University details the research and decision support tools created from this Appalachian LCC funded project. He describes how the research team collected data and mapped the distribution of cave fauna - both aquatic and terrestrial - throughout the Appalachians. The team also created the first of its kind predictive models for the presence or absence of major types of cave organisms.
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In this video presentation, Dr. David Culver of American University provides an overview of the unique cave and karst ecosystems of the Appalachians. The Appalachian karst ecosystems have the highest number of aquatic and terrestrial cave-limited species in the United States. Terrestrial species richness in northeast Alabama and central Tennessee make these systems the “Amazon rain forest” of subterranean biodiversity in the nation. Dr. Culver provides a review of the reasons for conservation concern, the rarity and uniqueness of the cave fauna, and details the ecosystem services of these systems.
The cave and karst dataset from this research is available through our Conservation Planning Atlas.These GIS data represent the input and results of a spatial statistical model used to examine the hypothesis that the presence of major faunal groups of cave obligate species could be predicted based on features of the Earth surface.Georeferenced records of cave obligate amphipods, crayfish, fish, isopods, beetles, millipedes, pseudoscorpions, spiders, and springtails within the area of Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) in the eastern United States (Illinois to Virginia, and New York to Alabama) were assigned to 20 x 20 km grid cells. Habitat suitability for these faunal groups was modeled using...
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This project will collect and synthesize data to depict and map cave and karst habitats and biological resources across the Appalachian LCC. In addition, researchers will propose the most appropriate classification system for these habitats within Appalachia.
This visual guide documents the work gathering and analyzing data on caves and karst resources in the Appalachian LCC. The maps and files provide a comprehensive overview of data available for examining relationships between environmental factors and biological diversity and distribution within karst areas in the region. This visual survey is intended to be a guide to what the researchers have accomplished, and a guide to what new questions and results would be interesting to end-users.
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