Are neotropical cave-bats good landscape integrity indicators? Some clues when exploring the cross-scale interactions between underground and above-ground ecosystems

Neotropical caves located in pristine ecosystems harbor high biodiversity but face functional shifts and degradation interlinked with aboveground changes. Cave-roosting bats have been proposed as integrity indicators of karst landscapes considering their sensitive to both the underground and abovegr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba, Eduardo Périco, Wully Barreto da Silva, Thiago Bernardi Vieira, Francisco Maciel Barbosa dos Santos, Mário Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X20311973