Predicting the Occurrence of Cave-Inhabiting Fauna Based on Features of the Earth Surface Environment

• Mary C. Christman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mary C. Christman, David C. Culver

  Affiliation Departments of Biology and of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and MCC Statistical Consulting LLC, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Daniel H. Doctor ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States of America

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• Matthew L. Niemiller ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

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• David J. Weary ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States of America

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• John A. Young ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Kirk S. Zigler ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, United States of America

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• David C. Culver

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mary C. Christman, David C. Culver

  * E-mail: dculver@american.edu

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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