Sep 01, 2006 · Largescale operations involving the mining of limestone and basement minerals (, antimony, gold, and iron; Davison 2001) are a primary threat to karst biotas because they cause irreversible ecosystem damage and extirpations of siteendemic taxa (Vermeulen 1994). To estimate the magnitude of limestonequarrying activities in the tropics, we ...
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