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Conservation of Cave Fauna, with an Emphasis on Europe and the Americas

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 235))

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We review significant conservation and management legislation, policies, and other actions that have been implemented or proposed to protect and conserve subterranean biodiversity in Europe, North America, Central America, and South America. In particular, we focus on legislation at the national and international levels that has been passed or proposed to directly or indirectly protect subterranean biodiversity. Other conservation initiatives, such as the IUCN Red List and NatureServe conservation assessment, also have conservation implications for to subterranean biodiversity. However, there remain several limitations of legislation, policies, and other initiatives to protect and conserve subterranean biodiversity on these continents. Several suggestions are set forth to overcome these shortcomings and better facilitate subterranean biodiversity conservation in Europe, North America, Central America, and South America.

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Acknowledgements

We thank JE Gallão for sharing unpublished data for Brazilian cave fauna, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and Fundação o Boticário de Proteção à Natureza (FBPN) for grants to MEB.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA

    Matthew L. Niemiller

  2. Office of General Studies, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Steven J. Taylor

  3. Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Elina Bichuette

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Niemiller, M.L., Taylor, S.J., Bichuette, M.E. (2018). Conservation of Cave Fauna, with an Emphasis on Europe and the Americas. In: Moldovan, O., Kováč, Ľ., Halse, S. (eds) Cave Ecology. Ecological Studies, vol 235. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98852-8_22

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