{"product_id":"cave-biodiversity-9781421444574","title":"Cave Biodiversity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deep-dive into the evolutionary biology, biogeography, and conservation of the most elusive subterranean creatures in the world.   Far from the austere, sparsely populated ecosystems often conjured in the imagination, caves host some of the most mysterious and biodiverse natural systems in the world. Subterranean environments, however, are the least explored terrestrial habitats, contributing to misconceptions about their inhabitants. Edited by cave scientist and conservation ecologist Dr. J. Judson Wynne, Cave Biodiversity explores both the evolution and the conservation of subterrestrial-dwelling fauna. Covering both vertebrates and invertebrates, including mollusks, fishes, amphibians, arthropods, and other troglobionts, this volume brings together ichthyologists, entomologists, ecologists, herpetologists, and conservationists to provide a nuanced picture of life beneath the earth's surface. Broad chapters covering biotic and abiotic factors that influence evolution and support bi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Influence of the Physical Environment on Terrestrial Cave Diversity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Evolutionary Models Influencing Subterranean Speciation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Biology and Ecology of Subterranean Mollusca\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Subterranean Cholevinae of Italy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Cave Trechine (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Radiation and Biogeography in Eastern North America,\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Subterranean Colonization and Diversification of Cave-dwelling Salamanders\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation of Cavefishes in China\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408146866519,"sku":"9781421444574","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421444574.jpg?v=1730501759","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cave-biodiversity-9781421444574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}