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Subterranean Biology 53: 155-177
doi:
10.3897/subtbiol.53.162344
Received:
17 Jun 2025 | Approved:
25 Aug 2025 | Published:
17 Oct 2025
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DarCo: Filling knowledge gaps for European subterranean biodiversity towards its effective conservation
Edited by Stefano Mammola, Fabio Stoch
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Authors

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
“Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania
Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca Branch, Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels - (IB)², Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Laboratory of the Universe - BLU, Brussels, Belgium

Traian Brad
- Corresponding author
Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca Branch, Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Gruppo Speleologico Archeologico Livornese of the Mediterranean Natural History Museum, Livorno, Italy

Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca Branch, Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology, Biospeleology and Karst Edaphobiology Compartment, București, Romania
California State University, Chico, United States of America
Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca Branch, Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Emil Racoviţă Institute of Speleology, Biospeleology and Karst Edaphobiology Compartment, București, Romania
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Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Verbania Pallanza, Italy
Conflict of interest
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Supporting agencies
Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership under the 2021-2022 BiodivProtect joint call for research proposals, co-funded by the European Commission (GA N°101052342)
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