Contribution to the knowledge of cave-dwelling fauna from the Prokletije Mountains

• Published in: International journal of speleology Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Kocot-Zalewska, Joanna, Słowińska, Iwona, Domagała, Paweł, Bienias, Jakub, Szymański, Dominik, Szymański, Dawid, Szymański, Hubert, Sienkiewicz, Paweł, Woźnica, Andrzej Józef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bologna University of South Florida Board of Trustees, a public body corporate, having locations in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Aquatic insects; Araneae; Arthropods; Bauxite; Bayer process; Beetles; Biodiversity; Cavernicolous species; Caves; Climate change; Coleoptera; Collembola; Crickets; Diplopoda; Diptera; Ethanol; Evolution; Expeditions; Fauna; Flies; Invertebrates; Mountains; Multiship expeditions; Opiliones; Orthoptera; Spiders; Stone; Trichoptera; Alps; Dinaric Alps; Kosovo; Balkan Peninsula; Montenegro; Albania

The article presents the results of the study on invertebrate fauna inhabiting caves in the Prokletije Mountains. This mountain range is located on the border of Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo. During the expeditions to Albania in 2021 and to Montenegro in 2022–2023, 17 caves and one bauxite mine w...