This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal
Submissions from 2020
Speleothems in quartz-sandstone caves of Ponta Grossa municipality, Campos Gerais region, Paraná state, southern Brazil, Henrique S. Pontes, Luiz A. Fernandes, Mário S. de Melo, Gilson B. Guimarães, and Laís L. Massuqueto
Squamate bone taphonomy: A new experimental framework and its application to the Natufian zooarchaeological record, Máyan Lev, Mina Weinstein-Evron, and Reuven Yeshurun
Squatting (squatter) mantis man: A prehistoric praying mantis petroglyph in Iran, Mahmood Kolnegari, Mohammad Naserifard, and Mandana Hazrati
Stratigraphical influence on chalk cave development in Upper Normandy, France: implications for chalk hydrogeology, Daniel Ballesteros, Andrew Farrant, Carole Nehme, Mark Woods, Dominique Todisco, and Damase Mouralis
Study on the characteristics of karst development in Beijing, Kai Liu, Wenjie Sun, and Shanshan Wang
Stygobitic crustaceans in an anchialine cave with an archeological heritage at Vodeni Rat (Island of Sveti Klement, Hvar, Croatia), Alessandro Montanari, Nicolas Cerveau, Barbara Fiasca, Jean-François Flot, Diana Galassi, Maurizio Mainiero, David McGee, Tadeusz Namiotko, Stefano Recanatini, and Fabio Stoch
Subsidence rings and fracture pattern around dolines in carbonate platforms – Implications for evolution and petrophysical properties of collapse structures, Daniel F. Menezes, Francisco H. Bezerra, and Fabrizio Balsamo
Successful molecular detection studies require clear communication among diverse research partners, Brittany A. Mosher, Riley F. Bernard, and Jeffrey M. Lorch
Surface runoff alters cave microbial community structure and function, Mustafa Saribudak
Survey of Histoplasma capsulatum in bat guano and status of histoplasmosis in Slovenia, Central Europe, Janez Mulec, Saša Simčič, Tadeja Kotar, Romina Kofol, and Sanja Stopinšek
Survival and persistence of tricolored bats hibernating in Arkansas mines, Roger W. Perry and Phillip N. Jordan
Techno-functional and 3D shape analysis applied for investigating the variability of backed tools in the Late Middle Paleolithic of Central Europe, Davide Delpiano and Thorsten Uthmeier
The Ceremonial Karstscape of Pacbitun, John Spenard, Michael J. Mirro, and C. L. Kieffer
The chronological, sedimentary and environmental context for the archaeological deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, Zenobia Jacobs, Brian G. Jones, and Hayley C. Cawthra
The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions, Marc de Manuel, Ross Barnett, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes, Martin Peter, Mateja Hajdinjak, and Quiaomei Fu
The impact of sample processing and media chemistry on the culturable diversity of bacteria isolated from a cave, Katey E. Bender, Katelyn Glover, Alexander Archey, and Hazel A. Barton
The Natural and Constructed Landscape of Salinas de los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala, Brent Skoy Kerry Woodfill and Marc Wolf
The Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: A lost world and extinct ecosystem, Naomi Cleghorn, Alastair J. Pots, and Hayley C. Cawthra
The red coloration of Goikoetxe Cave’s speleothems (Busturia, Spain): An indicator of paleoclimatic changes, V. Martínez-Pillado, I. Yusta, and E. Iriarte
The role of microhabitats in structuring cave invertebrate communities in Guatemala, Gabrielle S.M. Pacheco, Marconi Souza Silva, Enio Cano, and Rodrigo L. Ferreira
The state of the art of biospeleology in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: a review of the cave (endogean) invertebrate fauna. 1. Introduction—crustacea, I. S. Turbanov, D. M. Palatov, and S. I. Golvatch
The state of the art of biospeleology in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: A review of the cave (endogean) invertebrate fauna. 2. Arachnida—acknowledgments, I. S. Turbanov, D. M. Palatov, and S. I. Golvatch
The state of the art of biospeleology in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: A review of the cave (endogean) invertebrate fauna. 3. References, I. S. Turbanov, D. M. Palatov, and S. I. Golvatch
The Waterbirds and Dynamics of Lagoa Santa Karst Temporary Lakes, José Eugênio Côrtes Figueira, Paula Fernanda Albonette de Nóbrega, Tulio Dornas, and Janaina Aparecida Batista Aguiar
Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments, Nina Kowalik, Robert Anczkiewicz, Jarosław Wilczyński, and Piotr Wojtal
Ultra-sharp pinnacles sculpted by natural convective dissolution, Jinzi Mac Huang, Joshua Tong, and Michael Shelley
Uncertainties associated with the use of erosional cave scallop lengths to calculate stream discharges, Gregory S. Springer and Andrew Hall
Urine volume reduction during long-duration cave exploration by a light-weight and portable forward osmosis system, Sebastian Engelhardt, Katey E. Bender, Jörg Vogel, Stephen E. Duirk, Francisco B. Moore, and Hazel A. Barton
U-series dating at Nerja cave reveal open system. Questioning the Neanderthal origin of Spanish rock art, Edwige Pons-Branchu, José Luis Sanchidrián, Michel Fontugne, and Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide
Using speleothems to constrain late Cenozoic uplift rates in karst terranes, John Engel, Jon Woodhead, and John Hellstrom
Vocal production learning in the pale spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus discolor, Ella Z. Lattenkamp, Sonja C. Vernes, and Lutz Wiegrebe
Who painted that? The authorship of Schematic rock art at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia, Francisc Martínez-Sevilla, Meritxell Arqués, Xavier Jordana, and Assumpció Malgosa
world longest conglomerate cave list, Bob Gulden
Submissions from 2019
A combined-method approach to trace submarine groundwater discharge from a coastal karst aquifer in Ireland, Philip Schuler, L. Stoeckl, and P. A. Schnegg
Additive effects of climate change and human hunting explain population decline and extinction in cave bears, Alessandro Mondanaro, Mirko di Febbraro, and Marina Melchionna
A geophysical attempt to locate a potential cave in the near-vicinity of a water well at Anacacho Limestone setting, Medina County, Texas, Mustafa Saribudak and Alf Hawkins
A high-resolution perspective on MIS 5c-d lithic assemblages from Klasies River main site Cave 1, Mareike J. Brenner and Sarah Wurz
A holistic approach to groundwater protection and ecosystem services in karst terrains, Nico Goldscheider
A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau, Fahu Chen, Frido Welker, and Chuan-Chou Shen
A long record of MIS 7 and MIS 5 climate and environment from a western Mediterranean speleothem (SW Sardinia, Italy), Andrea Columbu, Christoph Spötl, Jo De Waele, and Tsai-Luen Yu
A multidisciplinary approach to a unique Palaeolithic human ichnological record from Italy (Bàsura Cave), Marcoo Romano, Paolo Citton, and Isabella Salvador
A multiscale stratigraphic investigation of the context of StW 573 ‘Little Foot’ and Member 2, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa, Laurent Bruxelles, Dominic J. Stratford, and Richard Maire
An 18 ka to present pollen- and phytolith-based vegetation reconstruction from Hall's Cave, south-central Texas, USA, Carlos E. Cordova and William C. Johnson
Analysis of Archaeobotancial Samples from Cuychen: Natural and Cultural Cave Taphonomy, Kendall Baller, Marcus Lorang, Christopher Schwartz, and Christopher Morehart
Analysis of the Imagry and Text of the Cuychen Vase, Christophe G.B. Helmke
Analysis of the water turbidity in karst springs from S Spain and its relationship with other natural responses, Contribution ID: 712,, J. F. Martín-Rodriguez, M. Mudarra, B. Andreo, and D. Sánchez
Analyzing climate change and surface-subsurface interactions using the Postojna Planina Cave System (Slovenia) as a model system, Tanja Pipan, Metka Petrič, and Stanka Šebela
A Natural Laboratory for Understanding Volcano-Speleogenetic Processes and Planetary Caves, Francesco Sauro, Riccardo Pozzobon, and Tommaso Santagata
An early Aurignacian arrival in southwestern Europe, Miguel Cortés-Sánchez, Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, María D. Simón-Vallejo, and Chris Stringer
Animals from the Dark: An Analysis of Fauna from Midnight Terror Cave, Joseph M. Orozco
Anticipating white‐nose syndrome in the Southern Hemisphere: Widespread conditions favourable to Pseudogymnoascus destructans pose a serious risk to Australia's bat fauna, Christopher Turbill and Justin A. Welbergen
A probable genetic origin for pitting enamel hypoplasia on the molars of Paranthropus robustus, Ian Towle and Joel D. Irish
Archaeological Investigations at Cuychen, Macal River Valley, Belize, Christophe G.B. Helmke
Archaic human remains from Hualongdong, China, and Middle Pleistocene human continuity and variation, Xiu-Jie Wu, Shu-Wen Pei, and Yan-Jun Cai
Are microclimate conditions in El Malpais National Monument caves in New Mexico, USA suitable for Pseudogymnoascus growth?, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Nicole A. Caimi, Ogochukwu Nwabologu, Edward W. Strach, Kaitlyn J.H. Read, Jesse M. Young, Debbie C. Buecher, and Diana E. Northup
Are microclimate conditions in El Malpais National Monument caves in New Mexico, USA suitable for Pseudogymnoascus growth?, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Porras-Alfaro, and Nicole A. Caimi
A reply to the comment on “Assessing preservation priorities of caves and karst areas using the frequency of endemic cave-dwelling species” by Nitzu et al. (2018), Int. J. Speleol., 47 (1): 43-52, Eugen I. Nitzu, Ioana N. Meleg, and Andrei Giurginca
A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation, Winifred F. Frick, Tigga Kingston, and Jon Flanders
Assessment of aquifer karstification degree in some karst sites on Java Island, Indonesia, Tjahyo N. Adji, Eko Haryono, and Asyroful Mujib
Assessment of regional flow type and groundwater sensitivity to pollution using hydrograph analyses and hydrochemical data of the Selita and Blue Eye karst springs, Albania, Romeo Eftimi and Peter Malík
Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Field Testing of a Pseudogymnoascus destructans Vaccine, Live Raccoon Poxvirus Vector (RCN–CAL/SP), Department of Agriculture. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Balamkanché Reevaluando: Observaciones Preliminares, James E. Brady, Guillermo de Anda, and Melanie Saldaña
Barite replacement boxwork in the Frasassi caves (Italy), Sandro Galdenzi
Barton Springs segment of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer, central Texas, Brian B. Hunt, Brian B. Smith, and Nico M. Hauwert
Bat Coronaviruses in China, Yi Fan, Kai Zhao, and Zheng-Li Shi
Bats as potential suppressors of multiple agricultural pests: A case study from Madagascar, James Kemp, Adrià López-Baucells, and Ricardo Rocha
Beeswax rock art from Limmen National Park (Northern Territory), northern Australia: new insights into technique-based patterning and absence in the rock art record, Liam M. Brady, John J. Bradley, and Daryl Wesley
Beneath the Forest, Volume 12, No. 1, Spring 2019, Dan Seifert
Better constraining silica-enthalpy mixing models in a setting of two separate (karst and non-karst) dilution regimes, Horia Mitrofan, Constantin Marin, and Ioan Povara
Between Worlds: Understanding Ritual Cave Use in Later Prehistor, Lindsey Büster, Eugène Warmenbol, and Dimitrij Mlekuž
Beyond the Twilight Zone: Cave Exploration in the Macal River Valley, Belize, Jaime J. Awe, Christophe G.B. Helmke, and Shawn G. Morton
Biology and ecology of the Edwards Aquifer, Jean Krejca and James Reddell
Blanco River Aquifer Assessment Tool A Tool to Assess How the Blanco River Interacts With Its Aquifers: Creating the Conceptual Model, Nicholas D. Martin, Ronald T. Green, and Kindra Nicholaides
Bone marrow storage and delayed consumption at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel (420 to 200 ka), R. Blasco, J. Rosell, and M. Arilla
Breakdown mechanisms in iron caves. An example from Brazil, Marcelo R. Barbosa, Allan D.F. da Silva, Rafael G. De Paula, Georgete M. Dutra, Airton Barata, Iuri V. Brandi, Chrystophe R.P. da Silva, and Robert A. Osborne
Can Ectoparasites Be Implicated in the Spread of Pseudogymnoascus destructans?, Amberle Mustachio and Michael S. Bodri
Carbon dioxide and dissolution rate dynamics within a karst underflow-overflow system, Savoy Experimental Watershed, Arkansas, USA, Matthew D. Covington and Kiefer A. Vaughn
Carbon dioxide monitoring : preliminary results report 2019, Sonia Meyer
Carlsbad Caverns – Lechuguilla Cave, National Park Service
Cave dripwater isotopic signals related to the altitudinal gradient of Mount-Lebanon: implication for speleothem studies, Carole Nehme, Sophie Verheyden, Fadi H. Nader, Jocelyne Adjizian-Gerard, Dominique Genty, Kevin De Bont, Benedicte Minster, Ghada Salem, David Verstraten, and Philippe Clayes
Cave millipede diversity with the description of six new species from Guangxi, China, Weixin Liu and J. Judson Wynne
Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 47, No. 1, February 2019, Laura Lexander
Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 47, No. 2, May 2019, Laura Lexander
Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 47, No. 3, August 2019, Laura Lexander
Caves Geodiversity Evaluation as an Instrument to the Management of the Campos Gerais National Park, Southern Brazil, Henrique S. Pontes, Laís L. Massuqueto, and Luiz A. Fernandes
Cave Temperature and Management Implications in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, USA, Stanka Šebela, Gretchen Baker, and Barbara Luke
Chaos theory applied to the modelling of karst springs: first results from univariate time series, S. Mangiarotti, Y. Zhang, and M. Leblanc
Chapter 135 - Wetlands in cave and karst regions, Tanja Pipan and David C. Culver
Characterizing fluxes of trace metals related to dissolved and suspended matter during a storm event: application to a karst aquifer using trace metals and rare earth elements as provenance indicators, Cybèle Chotlet, Marc Steinmann, and Jean-Baptiste Charlier
Chronological and Isotopic data support a revision for the timing of cave bear extinction in Mediterranean Europe, Gabriele Terlato, Hervé Bocherens, and Matteo Romandini
ClarkeAdvances in understanding the craniofacial anatomy of South African early hominids, Amélie Beaudet, Ronald J. Clarke, and Edwin J. de Jager
Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems, Stefano Mammola, Elena Piano, and Pedro Cardoso
Climate variability, climate change, and Edwards Aquifer water fluxes, Hugo A. Loáiciga and Madeline Schofield
Coastal Subsistence Strategies and Mangrove Swamp Evolution at Bubog I Rockshelter (Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines) from the Late Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene, Clara Boulanger, Thomas Ingicco, and Philip J. Piper
