TY - BOOK ID - 77879010 TI - The biology of caves and other subterranean habitats AU - Culver, David C AU - Pipan, Tanja PY - 2009 SN - 1282328670 9786612328671 0191551449 9780191551444 PB - Oxford New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Biospeleology. KW - Cave ecology. KW - Caves KW - Underground ecology KW - Cave biology KW - Cave life KW - Biology KW - Speleology KW - Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77879010 AB - This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to cave ecology. The emphasis is on the organisms that dominate this unique environment, although conservation and management aspects are also considered. The book is intended for both graduate students and professionals and assumes no previous knowledge of cave biology. - ;Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long been objects of fascination, curiosity, and debate. The question of how such organisms have evolved, and the relative roles of natural selection and genetic drift, has ER -