2014/06/09 by Robert A. Pape · 14 citations
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies #Canyon #National park #Cave #Ecology #Geography #Archaeology #Environmental ethics #Biology #Cartography
paper · doi:10.4311/2012lsc0266
published in Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 76(1), 1-13 (BioMed Central)
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A study of the biology and ecology of Bat Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, was conducted during a series of four expeditions to the cave between 1994 and 2001. A total of 27 taxa, including 5 vertebrate and 22 macro-invertebrate species, were identified as elements of the ecology of the cave. Bat Cave is the type locality for Eschatomoxys pholeter Thomas and Pape (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and an undescribed genus of tineid moth, both of which were discovered during this study. BatCave has the most species-rich macro-invertebrate ecology currently known in a cave in the park.