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Inventory and monitoring of a protected species in a show cave of Terceira Island - Algar do Carvão

Borges, P. A. V., Crespo, L. C., & Amorim, I. R. (2025). Inventory and monitoring of a protected species in a show cave of Terceira Island - Algar do Carvão. Version 1.1. Universidade dos Açores. Samplingevent dataset. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=cave_trechus_algar&v=1.0 DOI:10.1546875aj4ae

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  • May, 2025

Summary

New occurrence data is provided for the show cave Algar do Carvão in Terceira island concerning arthropod fauna, highlighting the presence of several species for the first time to this cave. Several sampling events occurring since 1999, providing long-term data to monitor the abundance of the single-island endemic beetle Trechus terceiranus Machado, 1988, which faces an increasing touristic pressure.

 

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