8th Symposium on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles

Presentations and proceedings

Masahiko Tanahashi & Takema Fukatsu: Specialized mycangial structure and host behavior for vertical transmission of symbiotic yeasts in stag beetles

Sarah Hart: So what attracts Rutpela maculata (Cerambycidae) to early decay stage beech (Fagus sylvatica)?

Maria Fremlin & Masahiko Tanahashi: Sexually-dimorphic post-eclosion behaviour in the European stag beetle Lucanus cervus (L.) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Matti Landvik: Large scale distribution study of Osmoderma barnabita with the help of amateur entomologists

Michal Platek, Pavel Sebek, David Hauck and Lukas Čížek: Why are large trees important to saproxylic biodiversity? Environment-induced plasticity in habitat requirements of a veteran tree specialist

Sarah Rossi de Gasperis & Giuseppe M Carpaneto: Population analysis of Morimus asper in beech forests of central Italy: preliminary results

Vincent Vignon: Parts of the life history of Osmoderma eremita's metapopulations in two study areas in the West of France (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae)

Jacek Hilszczański, Radosław Plewa and Tomasz Jaworski: Diversity of saproxylic beetles in oak forests of Poland: canopy vs understory

Rannveig M Jacobsen: Do early colonizing beetles on dead aspen affect fungi present 10 years later?

Guilhem Parmain & Christophe Bouget: Large oak trees within or outside of forests as key habitat elements for saproxylic beetle conservation

Keith Alexander: Favourable condition monitoring of UK sites for saproxylic beetles

A Campanaro, F Mosconi, G Antonini, M Bardiani, A Cini, S Hardersen, M Maura, E Maurizi, E Solano, G Sabbatini, P Audisio, M Bologna, A Bottacci, G Carpaneto, M Panella, PF Roversi & F Mason: The Life Project «MIPP»: monitoring of saproxylic beetles of community interest and citizens involvement

Jakub Horák: Is global research on saproxylic beetles neglecting one of the most important biogeographical rules?

Teresa Loskotova: Saproxylic beetles in harvested forests of Eastern Bohemia

Jörn Buse, Samuel Fassbender, Martin H Entling & Tomas Pavlicek: Microclimatic divergence in a Mediterranean canyon affects richness, composition, and body size in saproxylic beetle assemblages

Thibault Lachat & Beat Wermelinger: Saproxylic beetle communities along a gradient of management intensities in Swiss beech forests

Hanne Elk Pilskog, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Tone Birkemoe and Erik Framstad: The trophic rank hypothesis investigated for saproxylic beetles in hollow oaks

Matthias Weiss, Jiří Procházka, Jiří Schlaghamerský & Lukas Čížek: Vertical stratification of saproxylic beetle assemblages in a lowland floodplain forest and a mountain forest

Jiří Procházka and Jiří Schlaghamerský: Effect of logging intensity on a community of bark beetles and their predators in montane beech-fir forests

Jeremy Dagley & Imogen Wild: Response of saproxylic beetle fauna to wood-pasture restoration in Epping Forest, UK between 2003 and 2010

Ann Kraut & Asko Lōhmus: Opportunities for the conservation of deadwood inhabiting beetles in seminatural forests

Pavel Sebek & Lukas Čížek: Pollarding: an important, but overlooked tool in the conservation of saproxylic beetles

Tone Birkemoe, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson & Rannveig M Jacobsen: Species richness of saproxylic beetles in recently dead aspen; the importance of the surroundings

Lara Redolfi De Zan, Corrado Battisti & Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto: Saproxylic beetles and hole nesting birds in three relict beech forests of central Italy: assessing the importance of dead wood in biodiversity conservation

Lukas Drag and Lukas Čížek: Successful reintroduction of an endangered veteran tree specialist: Conservation and genetics of the Great Capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo)

Max Blake, Niall J McKeown & Paul W Shaw: Conservation genetics of the Noble Chafer (Gnorimus nobilis): habitat fragmentation, population connectivity, and European phylogeography

Dmitry Schigel: Colonization gates: molecular ecology of the tree-fungus-beetle triangle

Posters and proceedings

Karel Chobot: Distributional changes in selected saproxylic beetles in the Czech Republic

Nicklas Jansson, Mustafa Avci, Antoine Brin, Hervé Brustel, Jan Budka, Jörn Buse, Giuseppe Carpaneto, Stefano Chiari, Mustafa Coskun, Jeremy Dagley, Eduardo Galante, Tamer Kayis, Estefania Mico, Tuba Oncul, Tomas Pavlicek, Kerem Sancak, Oguzhan Sarikaya, Jiri Schlaghamersky, Anne Sverdrup Thygesson, Sakin Vural Varli, Imogen Wilde & Agnese Zauli: Oak living saproxylic beetles from trap studies in 10 countries in Europe and neighbouring countries

Estefanía Micó, Alejandra García-López, Margarita Juárez, Antonio Sánchez & Eduardo Galante: What can the chemical composition of tree hollows tell us about their associated biodiversity?

F Mosconi, A Cini, A Campanaro, G Antonini, M Bardiani, S Hardersen, M Maura, E Maurizi, E Solano, G Sabbatini, P Audisio, M Bologna, A Bottacci, G Carpaneto, M Panella, PF Roversi & F Mason: The training of Osmodog in the LIFE Project MIPP

Andrzej Oleksa, Igor J Chybicki, Mattias C Larsson, Glenn P Svensson & Robert Gawroński: Landscape genetics of the red click beetle Elater ferrugineus

Jiří Procházka, Jiří Schlaghamerský & Lukas Čížek: Assemblage composition and vertical stratification of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in temperate lowland and montane forests

Javier Quinto, Mª Ángeles Marcos-García, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Victor Rico-Gray, Eduardo Galante & Estefanía Micó: Association patterns in saproxylic insect networks among Mediterranean woodland sites

Pablo Ramilo, Juan Ramon Guerrero, Estefanía Micó & Eduardo Galante: Designing the study of the effect of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by Quercus pyrenaica on saproxylic beetle assemblages

Pavel Sebek, Nicolas Gouix, Lionel Valladares, Herve Brustel & Antoine Brin: Do species interactions prevent Limoniscus violaceus from living in suitable basal hollow trees?

E Solano, A Thomaes, K Cox, F Mason, P Audisio & G Antonini: Genetic differentiation patterns between two closely related species: the case of Lucanus cervus and L. tetraodon (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Italy

B Dodelin, B Rivoire & A Kaskarian: A three years study of saproxylic biodiversity in an alluvial forest: deadwood, beetles and fungi of the Table-Ronde Island (Rhone, France) (Coleoptera)