Millipedes (Diplopoda) from caves of Portugal
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Standard
Millipedes (Diplopoda) from caves of Portugal. / P. S. Reboleira, Ana Sofia; Enghoff, Henrik.
I: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, Bind 76, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 20-25.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Millipedes (Diplopoda) from caves of Portugal
AU - P. S. Reboleira, Ana Sofia
AU - Enghoff, Henrik
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Millipedes play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter in thesubterranean environment. Despite the existence of several cave-adapted species of millipedes in adjacent geographic areas, their study has been largely ignored in Portugal. Over the last decade, intense fieldwork in caves of the mainland and the island of Madeira has provided new data about the distribution and diversity of millipedes. A review of millipedes from caves of Portugal is presented, listing fourteen species belonging to eight families, among which six species are considered troglobionts. The distribution of millipedes in caves of Portugal is discussed and compared with the troglobiont biodiversity in the overall Iberian Peninsula and the Macaronesian archipelagos.
AB - Millipedes play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter in thesubterranean environment. Despite the existence of several cave-adapted species of millipedes in adjacent geographic areas, their study has been largely ignored in Portugal. Over the last decade, intense fieldwork in caves of the mainland and the island of Madeira has provided new data about the distribution and diversity of millipedes. A review of millipedes from caves of Portugal is presented, listing fourteen species belonging to eight families, among which six species are considered troglobionts. The distribution of millipedes in caves of Portugal is discussed and compared with the troglobiont biodiversity in the overall Iberian Peninsula and the Macaronesian archipelagos.
U2 - 10.4311/2013LSC0113
DO - 10.4311/2013LSC0113
M3 - Journal article
VL - 76
SP - 20
EP - 25
JO - Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
JF - Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
SN - 1090-6924
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 113673655