Concept information

biosphere > ecology > ecosystem type > underground ecosystem
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Preferred term

underground ecosystem  

Definition

  • habitats of underground living species buffered from profound climatic modifications and thus retaining a broad diversity of living relicts, the great majority of which being represented by terrestrial, troglobitic species, with a reduced mobility

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15315

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