ReviewDie Naturwissenschaften2016
Ecology and sampling techniques of an understudied subterranean habitat: the Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS).
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- Mountain caves of the central region of Veracruz: A vertebrate biodiversity reservoir in a Neotropical hotspot.PloS one · 2024Article
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- A New Species ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Seasonal roost selection and activity of a remnant population of northern myotis in Pennsylvania.PloS one · 2022Article
- Sampling and curation of rove beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) for comprehensive and DNA-grade collections to enhance biodiversity exploration in Northern Eurasia.Biodiversity data journal · 2022Article
- Species conservation profiles of the endemic spidersBiodiversity data journal · 2022Article
- The Milieu Souterrain Superficiel as hibernation habitat for bats: implications for white-nose syndrome.Journal of mammalogy · 2021Article
- Collecting eco-evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them.Ecology and evolution · 2021Review
- Oribatid mite communities in mountain scree: stable isotopes (Experimental & applied acarology · 2021Article
- Optimizing speleological monitoring efforts: insights from long-term data for tropical iron caves.PeerJ · 2021Article
- Population genomics in two cave-obligate invertebrates confirms extremely limited dispersal between caves.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Subterranean biodiversity and depth distribution of myriapods in forested scree slopes of Central Europe.ZooKeys · 2020Article
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Abstract
The term Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS) has been used since the early 1980s in subterranean biology to categorize an array of different hypogean habitats. In general terms, a MSS habitat represents the underground network of empty air-filled voids and cracks developing within multiple layers of rock fragments. Its origins can be diverse and is generally covered by topsoil. The MSS habitat is often connected both with the deep hypogean domain-caves and deep rock cracks-and the superficial soil horizon. A MSS is usually characterized by peculiar microclimatic conditions, and it can harbor specialized hypogean, endogean, and surface-dwelling species. In light of the many interpretations given by different authors, we reviewed 235 papers regarding the MSS in order to provide a state-of-the-art description of these habitats and facilitate their study. We have briefly described the different types of MSS mentioned in the scientific literature (alluvial, bedrock, colluvial, volcanic, and other types) and synthesized the advances in the study of the physical and ecological factors affecting this habitat-i.e., microclimate, energy flows, animal communities, and trophic interactions. We finally described and reviewed the available sampling methods used to investigate MSS fauna.
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