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18. Terrestrial Fauna in the Greenbrier Karst

Authors : David C. Culver, Daniel W. Fong

Published in: Caves and Karst of the Greenbrier Valley in West Virginia

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The West Virginia cave fauna includes species that leave caves periodically to forage (cave crickets and bats) as well as permanent inhabitants (both species that are limited to caves [troglobionts] and ones that occur elsewhere [troglophiles]). Troglobionts are the best studied, but troglophiles predominate in many caves. Major sources of food for the terrestrial cave communities are transitory organic matter brought in by bats and cave crickets, and riparian deposits along streams. A total of 40 troglobionts are known, 19 of which are endemic to the Greenbrier karst. The highest species richness is in the contact caves and Buckeye Creek drainage in Greenbrier County. Greenbrier County is a hotspot of troglobionts in the USA.

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Title: Terrestrial Fauna in the Greenbrier Karst
Authors: David C. Culver
Daniel W. Fong
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Caves and Karst of the Greenbrier Valley in West Virginia
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65800-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-65801-8

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65801-8_18