What is it about?

Cave arthropods do not rely their diet solely on bat guano deposits indicating cave energy incomes depend on other resources than guano.

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Why is it important?

Cave energy inputs are dependent of the integrity of the surround environment.

Perspectives

Sometimes our perception is not straightforward to see or identify the impacts of modifications in the structure and functioning of one to other ecosystems.

Gabriela Nardoto
University of Brasilia

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This page is a summary of: Tracking dietary habits of cave arthropods associated with deposits of hematophagous bat guano: A study from a neotropical savanna, Austral Ecology, February 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12116.
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