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3D Digital Surveying and Modelling of Cave Geometry: Application to Paleolithic Rock Art, Diego González-Aguilera, Angel Muñoz-Nieto, Javier Gómez-Lahoz, Jesus Herrero-Pascual, and Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso

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A cavernicolous Species of the Genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from Naj Tunich Cave, Petén, Guatemala, Luis Espinasa and Zhong Zhuang

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A dimensionless number describing the effects of recharge and geometry on discharge from simple karstic aquifers, M. D. Covington, C. M. Wicks, and M. O. Saar

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A female figurine from the basal Aurignacian of Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany, Nicholas J. Conard

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A first step towards the revision of Cicurina: redescription of type specimens of 60 troglobitic species of the subgenus Cicurella (Araneae: Dictynidae), and a first visual assessment of their distribution, PIERRE PAQUIN and NADINE DUPÉRRÉ

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Age-distribution estimation for karst groundwater: Issues of parameterization and complexity in inverse modeling by convolution, Andrew J. Long and Larry D. Putnam

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Algunas implicaciones de los ritos zinacantecos en cuevas en el estudio del arte rupestre maya, Alejandro Sheseña

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A molecular test for cryptic diversity in ground water: how large are the ranges of macro‐stygobionts?, Peter Trontelj, Christophe J. Douady, and Cene Fiser

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Ancient Maya Cave Usage as Attested in the Glyphic Corpus of the Maya Lowlands and the Caves of the Roaring Creek Valley, Belize, Christophe G.B. Helmke

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Ancient Photosynthetic Eukaryote Biofilms in an Atacama Desert Coastal Cave, A. Azúa-Bustos, C. González-Silva, R. A. Mancilla, L. Salas, R. E. Palma, J. J. Wynne, C. P. McKay, and R. Vicuña

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An Environmental Risk Assessment of Radon in Lantian Karst Cave of Shaanxi, China, Xinwei Lu, Loretta Y. Li, and Xiaolan Zhang

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An Environmental Risk Assessment of Radon in Lantian Karst Cave of Shaanxi, China, Xinwei Lu, Loretta Y. Li, and Xiaolan Zhang

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A new cavefish species, Sinocyclocheilus brevibarbatus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), from Guangxi, China, Yahui Zhao, Jiahu Lan, and Chunguang Zhang

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A new species of troglobitic Rhadine (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Hays County, Texas, James R. Reddell and Nadine Dupérré

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Annual and transient signatures of gas exchange and transport in the Castañar de Ibor cave (Spain), Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Sergio Sanchez-Moral, Soledad Cuezva, Juan Carlos Cañaveras, and Rafael Abella

Antropología en cavernas: Trabajo de campo de antropólogos en cuevas y cenotes de Yucatán, Roger Aguilar Cachón

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A one-dimensional heat-transport model for conduit flow in karst aquifers, Andrew J. Long and Patrick C. Gilcrease

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A palaeolithic map from 13,660 calBP: engraved stone blocks from the Late Magdalenian in Abauntz Cave (Navarra, Spain), P. Utrilla, C. Mazo, M.C. Sopena, M. Martínez-Bea, and R. Domingo

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Applying ecology for cave management in China and neighbouring countries, Tony Whitten

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A practical method for sensitive determination of the fluorescent water-tracer uranine by reversed phase HPLC under alkaline conditions, Tohru Ikeya, Naho Horimoto, and Yasuhiro Kashino

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A protocol for radiocarbon dating tropical subfossil cave guano, Christopher M. Wurster, Michael I. Bird, and Ian Bull

Arqueología de la Selva El Ocote., Davide Domenici

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A shaman's burial from an early classic cave in the Maya Mountains of Belize, Central America., Keith M. Pruferr and Peter S. Dunham

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Assessing and conserving groundwater biodiversity: synthesis and perspectives, Janine Giberrt, David C. Culver, and Marie-Jose Dole-Olivier

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A terminological matter: paragenesis, antigravitative erosion or antigravitational erosion?, Giancarlo Pasini

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Atlas - Geological history of the Barents Sea, Morten Smelror, Oleg V. Petrov, and Geir Birger Larssen

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Bats and bell holes: The microclimatic impact of bat roosting, using a case study from Runaway Bay Caves, Jamaica, Joyce Lundberg and Donald A. McFarlane

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Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?, David S. Blehert, Alan C. Hicks, and Melissa J. Behr

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Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, and Solveig Schiegl

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Boletín GEA, Numero 47, April 2009, Ricardo D. Piethé

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Boletín GEA, Numero 48, October 2009, Ricardo D. Piethé

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Bornéo, la mémoire des grottes (Fage éditions, Lyon, 2009)., Isabelle Leblic

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Carpe noctem: the importance of bats as bioindicators, Gareth Jones, David S. Jacobs, and Thomas H. Kunz

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Case Study: Intake of the Bolje Sestre karst spring for the regional water supply of the Montenegro coastal area, Zoran Stevanovic

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Case Study: Kläffer Spring—the major spring of the Vienna water supply (Austria), Lukas Plan, Gerhard Kuschnig, and Hermann Stadler

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Cave Biology: Life in Darkness (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation), Aldemaro Romero

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Cave Meravelles rock art. Characterisation of pre-magdalenian rock art in the Mediterranean facade of the Iberian Peninsula, Valentín Villaverde, Joan Cardona, and Rafael Martínez-Valle

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Cave paintings and the human spirit: the origin of creativity and belief., David S. Whitley

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Cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) in United States, Douglas Zeppelini, Steven J. Taylor, and Michael E. Slay

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Caves and Karst of the USA, Arthur N. Palmer and Margaret V. Palmer

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Census of the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat Leptonycteris nivalis in Texas, USA, using thermal imaging, Loren K. Ammerman, Molly McDonough, and Nickolay I. Kristov

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Characterization of 22 microsatellite marker loci in the Madagascar rousette (Rousettus madagascariensis), Andoniaina R. Andrianaivoarivelo, Gary D. Shore, and Susie M. McGuire

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Classification and characteristics of karst reservoirs in China and related theories, Zhang Baomin and Liu Jingjiang

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Climatic and environmental controls on speleothem oxygen-isotope values, Matthew S. Lachniet

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Complex vocal imitation during ontogeny in a bat, Mirjam Knörnschild, Martina Nagy, and Markus Metz

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 72, January 28, 2009, Helio Shimada and Karen P. Ramos

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 73, April 3, 2009, Adriano Gambarini, Alexandre de Oliveira Lobo, and Ericson Cernawsky Igual

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 74, May 29, 2009, Adriano Gambarini, Alexandre de Oliveira Lobo, and Ericson Cernawsky Igual

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 75, July 15, 2009, Adriano Gambarini, Alexandre de Oliveira Lobo, and Ericson Cernawsky Igual

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Conexão Subterrânea, No. 76, October 30, 2009, Adriano Gambarini, Alexandre de Oliveira Lobo, and Flávio Henrique Santos

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Connecting behaviour and performance: the evolution of biting behaviour and bite performance in bats, S. E. Santana and E. R. Dumont

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Constraints on alpine speleogenesis from cave morphology — A case study from the eastern Totes Gebirge (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), Lukas Plan, Marco Filipponi, Michael Behm, Robert Seebacher, and Peter Jeutter

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Context‐dependent flight speed: evidence for energetically optimal flight speed in the bat Pipistrellus kuhlii?, Uri Grodzinski, Orr Spiegel, Carmi Korine, and Marc W. Holderied

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Contribution à la reconnaissance d’une microproduction au Paléolithique moyen : les industries de la grotte des Ramandils (Port-La Nouvelle, Aude, France)Contribution to the definition of Middle Paleolithic micro-production. The lithic assemblage from Ramandils Cave (Port-La Nouvelle, Aude, France), Valérrie Moles and Paul Boutié

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Cooperative hunting and meat sharing 400–200 kya at Qesem Cave, Israel, Mary C. Stiner, Ran Barkai, and Avi Gopher

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Cottonballs, a unique subaqeous moonmilk, and abundant subaerial moonmilk in Cataract Cave, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, Megan D. Curry, Penelope J. Boston, Mike N. Spilde, James F. Baichtal, and Andrew R. Campbell

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Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected by white‐nose syndrome?, Justin G. Boyles and Craig K. R. Willis

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Craniosynostosis in the Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14 from the Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain, Ana Garcia, Juan Luis Arsuaga, and Ignacio Martínez

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Cryogenic cave carbonates from the Cold Wind Cave, Nízke Tatry Mountains, Slovakia: Extending the age range of cryogenic cave carbonate formation to the Saalian, Karel Žák, Helena Hercman, Monika Orvošová, and Ivana Jačková

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Darkness Beckons: The History and Development of Cave Diving, Martyn Farr

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Dental developmental pattern of the Neanderthal child from Roc de Marsal: a high-resolution 3D analysis, Priscilla Bayle, José Braga, Arnaud Mazurier, and Roberto Macchiarelli

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Description and Evaluation of Numerical Groundwater Flow Models for the Edwards Aquifer, South-Central Texas, Richard J. Lindgren, Charles J. Taylor, and Natalie A. Houston

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Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Endemic Salamander Species from Central Texas, James P. Gaertner, Michael R. Forstner, and Lisa O'Donnell

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Detection of novel SARS-like and other coronaviruses in bats from Kenya, Suxiang Tong, Christina Conrardy, and Sujsan Ruone

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Detection of polyoma and corona viruses in bats of Canada, Vikram Misra, Timothy Dumonceaux, Jack Dubois, and Craig Willis

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Diagnostic hydrogeologic characteristics of a karst aquifer (Kentucky, USA), Stephen R.H. Worthington

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Diversity, ecology and evolution of groundwater copepods, Diana M. Galassi, Rony Huys, and Janet W. Reid

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Do courtship flashes of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) serve as aposematic signals to insectivorous bats?, Paul R. Moosman,; Christopher K. Cratsley; Scott D. Lehto; and Howard H. Thomas

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Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats, Thomas H. Kunz and Stuart Parsons

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El Gravetiense de la Cueva de Alkerdi (Urdax, Navarra): Análisis y contexto de su industria lítica, Ana Cava, Irantzu Elorrieta, and Ignacio Barandiaran

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Pidoplitchkoviella terricola – an interesting fungus from the Domica Cave (Slovakia), Alena Nováková

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Engraved ochres from the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco D'Errico, and Ian Watts

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Espeleo Informe Costa Rica, Volume 3, No. 4, January 2009, Carlos Goicoechea, Gustavo Quesada, and Ferdinando Didonna

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Espeleo Informe Costa Rica, Volume 3, No. 5, July 2009, Carlos Goicoechea, Gustavo Quesada, and Ferdinando Didonna

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Espeleorevista Puerto Rico, No. 1, July-December 2009, José Luis Gomez and Manuel Jiménez

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Espeleo-TEMA, Volume 20, No. 1 and 2, 2009, Heros Augusto Santos Lobo

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ESR dating of dental enamel from Middle Palaeolithic levels at Lazaret Cave, France, Véronique Michel, Guanjun Shen, and Patricia Valensi

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Estimating Nitrogen Loading to Ground Water and Assessing Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination in a Large Karstic Springs Basin, Florida, Brian G. Katz, A. Alejandro Sepulveda, and Richard J. Verdi

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Evaluating and comparing methods of sinkhole susceptibility mapping in the Ebro Valley evaporite karst (NE Spain), J.P. Galve, F. Gutiérrez, J. Remondo, J. Bonachea, P. Lucha, and A. Cendrero

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Evidence of inception horizons in karst conduit networks, Marco Filipponi, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, and Laurent Tacher

Evidence of NAO control on subsurface ice accumulation in a 1200 yr old cave-ice sequence, St. Livres ice cave, Switzerland, Markus Stoffel, Marc Luetscher, and Michelle Bollschweiler

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Evidence of NAO control on subsurface ice accumulation in a 1200 yr old cave-ice sequence, St. Livres ice cave, Switzerland, Markuus Stoffel, Marc Luetscher, and Michelle Bollschweiler

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Evolution of isolated caves in porous limestone by mixing of phreatic water and surface water at the water table of unconfined aquifers: A model approach, Wolfgang Dreybrodt, Douchko Romanov, and Georg Kaufmann

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Expanding the utility of Uranium-series dating of speleothems for archaeological and palaeontological applications, Emma St. Pierre, Jianxin Zhaom, and Elizabeth Reed

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Experimental evidence for group hunting via eavesdropping in echolocating bats., Dina K.N. Dechmann, Silke L. Heucke, Luca Giuggioli, Kamran Safi, Christian C. Voigt, and Martin Wikelski

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Experimental infection of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus) with European bat lyssavirus type 1a, C. Freuling, A. Vos, N. Johnson, I. Kaipf, A. Denzinger, L. Neubert, K. Mansfield, D. Hicks, A. Nuñez, N. Tordo, C. E. Rupprecht, A. R. Fooks, and T. Müller

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Exploring Highland Maya Ritual Cave Use: Archaeology & Ethnography in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, James E. Brady

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Exploring the relationship between sampling efficiency and short range endemism for groundwater fauna in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, Harley J. Barron, James Cocking, and Stefan Eberhard

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Exploring the secrets of the three-dimensional architecture of phototrophic biofilms in caves, Mònica Roldán and Mariona Hernández-Mariné

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Exploring the secrets of the three-dimensional architecture of phototrophic biofilms in caves, Mònica Roldán and Mariona Hernández-Mariné

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Exploring the secrets of the three-dimensional architecture of phototrophic biofilms in caves, Mònica Roldán and Mariona Hernández-Mariné

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Extinction chronology and palaeobiology of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus ), Martina Pacher and Anthony J. Stuart

Feasibility analysis report on groundwater emergency standby water source supply in Pinggu-Shunyi karst area (in Chinese), Beijing Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology

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First DNA sequences from Asian cave bear fossils reveal deep divergences and complex phylogeographic patterns, Michael Knapp, Nadin Rohland, and Jacobo Weinstock

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Foraminifera and testate amoebae (thecamoebians) in an anchialine cave: Surface distributions from Aktun Ha (Carwash) cave system, Mexico, Peter J. van Hengstum, Eduard G. Reinhardt, Patricia A. Beddows, and Henry P. Schwarcz

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Fresh insights into long‐term changes in flora, vegetation, land use and soil erosion in the karstic environment of the Burren, western Ireland, Ingo Feeser and Michael O'Connell

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From under the bulldozer's claws: the EE15 Late Gravettian occupation surface of the Lagar Velho rock-shelter, Francisco Almeida, Marta Moreno-García, and Diego E. Angelucci