what is underground habitat
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Underground Habitats takes a look at the diverse and exciting array of plants and animals that make their homes under ground. ... Specific topics include underground vegetation, animal homes under ground, and how the weathers effects on underground habitats.
Underground Habitats
Caves are a unique habitat with a consistent environment of temperature, relative humidity, and air flow. Abandoned mines can provide many of the same habitat qualities of natural caves.
Ecological Functions
There are six species of bats known to hibernate in
Vermont caves and mines. Recent surveys indicate that caves may hold as few as 10 individual bats to over 70,000. Bats use these sites for hibernation, but also spend a disproportionate amount of the year in the area surrounding the cave (e.g., fall swarming). Interest and understanding in the invertebrate communities associated with caves is just beginning, and even less is known about native fungi and other life forms. The condition and biology of the subterranean aquatic habitats is poorly understood. At the national and global scale, it is well-documented that caves provide habitat for specialized invertebrates (Peck 1998). Caves are expected to function as a coarse filter for these species which are poorly understood. Although abandoned mines are not of natural origin, they augment the natural habitats available and are an additional coarse filter for bat species.