Distance-based redundancy analysis (dbRDA) showing the influences of the environmental factors on cave fauna composition in the 20 studied caves. The two axes explained nearly 55% of the variability in the fitted model and nearly 17% of the total variation in the data cloud. The first overlay shows how the first dbRDA axis is strongly related to cave sampled extension.

 
 
  Part of: Souza Silva M, Iniesta LFM, Ferreira RL (2020) Invertebrates diversity in mountain Neotropical quartzite caves: which factors can influence the composition, richness, and distribution of the cave communities? Subterranean Biology 33: 23-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.33.46444