9th Symposium on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles

Presentations

Sebastian Seibold & Jörg Müller: How dead wood drives the diversity of beetles on landscapes scales

Christian Hébert: Saproxylic beetle succession in post-fire boreal forest: a scientific basis for implementing sustainable salvage logging policies

Pablo Ramilo, Estefanía Micó & Eduardo Galante: Explaining the diversity of saproxylic beetles associated with managed oak forests in the Iberian Peninsula

Tereza Loskotová, Jiří Brestovanský & Jakub Horák: Saproxylic click-beetles in unmanaged forests of the Czech Republic

Mats Jonsell: Old lime trees (Tilia spp.) in parks and old agricultural land as habitat for saproxylic beetle species

Nicklas Jansson, Staffan Carlsson, Karl-Olof Bergman, Thomas Ranius & Per Milberg: Artificial habitat for saproxylic beetles in hollow trees – 10 years succession of wood mould boxes

Diana Pérez-Sánchez, Estefanía Micó & Eduardo Galante. Some preliminary results of the saproxylic beetle communities associated with two kinds of oaks in the Eastern of Spain

Alessandro Campanaro, L. Redolfi De Zan, M. Bardiani, A. Cini, M. Maura, E. Maurizi, F. Mosconi, A. Zauli, L. Zapponi, G. Antonini, G.M. Carpaneto, S. Chiari, S. Hardersen, E. Mancini, S. Sabatelli, G. Sabbatini Peverieri, E. Solano, I. Toni, P. Audisio, M.A. Bologna, P.F. Roversi & F. Mason: Implementing Citizen-Science approaches in the study and conservation of saproxylic insects: the LIFE MIPP Project

Sönke Hardersen, M. Bardiani, M.A. Bologna, A. Campanaro, S. Chiari, A. Cuccurullo, M. Maura, E. Maurizi, L. Spada, A. Zauli & F. Mason: Monitoring of Morimus asper (Sulzer, 1776) with freshly cut log piles: insights and outlooks

Sarah Rossi de Gasperis, Stefano Chiari, L. Redolfi De Zan, G. Antonini, G.M. Carpaneto, A. Cini, E. Mancini, F. Mason, F. Mosconi, G. Nigro, P.F. Roversi, G. Sabbatini Peverieri, E. Solano & A. Campanaro: Assessing reliable and minimal-invasive methods for the monitoring of the longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina and implications for forest management

Fabio Mosconi, P. Audisio, A. Campanaro, G. Antonini, S. Chiari, S. Hardersen, E. Mancini, F. Mason, P.F. Roversi, G. Sabbatini Peverieri, S. Sabatelli, A. Zauli & E. Maurizi: The use of a sniffer dog to monitor the endangered saproxylic beetle Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763)

Keith Alexander: Europe’s wood pastures – rich in saproxylics but misunderstood by conservation professionals

Kris Vandekerkhove, Arno Thomaes, Luc Crevecoeur & Frank Köhler: Past and present of old-growth elements in the Flemish landscape : ‘snags’ and opportunities for saproxylic beetles ?

Ana Nieto: European Red List of Saproxylic Beetles

Christian Monnerat, S. Barbalat, T. Lachat & Y. Gonseth: Red list of Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Lucanidae and Cetoniidae in Switzerland

Dominik Vondráček, Aneta Fuchsová, Petr Šípek, Dirk Ahrens & David Král: Phylogeography of Protaetia (Potosia) cuprea species complex (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae) in western Palearctic region

Mattias C. Larsson, Mikael A. Molander, Inis Winde, Joe Burman, Franklin Nyabuga, Jocelyn Millar, Larry Hanks, Erik Hedenström, Lars Westerberg, Karl-Olof Bergman & Per Milberg: Standardized toolboxes of saproxylic insect indicator species guiding pan-European long-term conservation efforts?

Mikael A. Molander & Mattias C. Larsson: Pheromone based sampling of threatened saproxylic longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae): a promising new tool in insect conservation biology

D. Vondráček, P. Šípek & D. Král: Phylogeny of the genus Oxythyrea and the possibility of the new flower chafer species in Macedonia

Jana Goyens, Joris Dirckx & Peter Aerts: The ecological costs of adaptations for fight performance in stag beetles

Davide Scaccini: First record of oviposition scars in two European Platycerus species: P. caprea (De Geer) and P. caraboides (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera, Lucanidae), with notes on their host plants

Jörn Buse, Svenja Müßigbrodt, Sebastian Seibold & Jörg Müller: What beetle wings can (not) tell us: relations between wing loading, range size, host specialisation and extinction risk in longhorn beetles

Jiří Procházka, Martin M. Gossner, Roland Brandl, Herve Brustel, Antoine Brin, Heinz Bussler, Christophe Bouget, Elisabeth Obermaier, Ina M. M. Heidinger, Thibault Lachat, Bernhard Förster, Jakub Horák, Frank Köhler, Laurent Larrieu, Ulrich Bense, Gunnar Isacsson, Jörg Brunet, Livia Zapponi & Jörg Müller: Size (and red list status) matters – distance decay of saproxylic beetle communities in European beech forests

Dmitry Schigel & Virve Viertiö: On the wings of bark beetles: Ips typographus and fungal arrival to spruce trees in Finland

Eugénie Cateau & Hervé Brustel: Flightless saproxylic beetles' response to human impact on forest and landscape

Frank Köhler, Luc Crevecoeur & Kris Vandekerkhove: The rich saproxylic beetle fauna of the forest reserve Kolmont (Limburg, Belgium)

Posters

Sakine Serap Avgın, Arvīds Barševskis & Uldis Valainis: Umbrella Saproxlic Beetles of a National Park at Kaz Mountain in Turkey

Maksims Balalaikins, Uldis Valainis, Inese Kivleniece, Kristīna Aksjuta, Māris Nitcis, Arvīds Barševskis & Sakine Serap Avgin: The significance of "ecological trees" in maintaining of saproxylic beetles biodiversity

Marco Bardiani, S. Chiari, E. Bussola, M. Tini, I. Toni, G. Antonini, A. Campanaro, A. Cini, E. Maurizi, F. Mosconi, L. Redolfi De Zan, S. Sabatelli, E. Solano, P.A. Audisio, G. Sabbatini Peverieri, P.F. Roversi & F. Mason: Use of bottle traps to detect and assess populations size of longicorns and stag beetles

Hervé Brustel, Eugénie Cateau & Lionel Valladares: Mediterranean wingless saproxylic beetles: angels of forest paradise?

Jan Budka, Tomáš Kuras & Jiří Schlaghamerský: Saproxylic beetles in a central European floodplain: comparison of oaks in meadows and closed: canopy forests

Philippe Camps & Arno Thomaes: General theory explaining major: minor male dimorphism by weaponry and wing investment trade off seems incorrect for stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)

Francesca Della Rocca, Silvia stefanelli & Giuseppe Bogliani: Robinia pseudoacacia as a surrogate for native tree species for saproxylic beetles inhabiting the riparian mixed forests of northern Italy

Francesca Della Rocca, Giuseppe Bogliani, T. Frank Breiner T.F. & Pietro Milanesi: Identifying hotspots for rare species under climate changes scenarios: improving saproxylic beetles conservation in Italy

Alain Drumont, Hugo Raemdonck, Pol Limbourg, Camille Dekuijper, Loïc Dahan, Camille Locatelli & Patrick Grootaert: The Cerambycidae beetles fauna of the botanical garden Jean Massart (Brussels: Capital Region, Belgium)

Deborah J. Harvey, Rachael P. Harvey, Marcin Kadej, Erik Hedenström, Alan C. Gange & Paul Finch: Use of novel attraction compounds increases monitoring success of a rare beetle, Elater ferrugineus

Colin J. Hawes & Masahiko Tanahashi: Mycangia and associated yeast symbionts in the Lucanidae

Ann Kraut, Valentina Zolotarjova & Asko Lõhmus: Slash harvesting on small, deadwood: rich clear: cuts could be a win: win case for beetles

Alexander V. Kuprin & Dae Am Yi: Distribution and habitat preference of Callipogon relictus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in the Russian Far East

M. Ángeles Marcos García & Antonio Ricarte: Saproxylic hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Mediterranean forests of the Iberian Peninsula: implications in biodiversity conservation

Strahinja Mladenović: Influence of Norway spruce on saproxylic beetles in isolated islands of European beech

MIPP: Invitation to the Final European Workshop of the LIFE project MIPP

Jiří Procházka & Jiří Schlaghamerský: Effect of dead wood volume on a community of bark beetles and their predators in montane beech: fir forests

Alex Ramsay, David Harries, Greg Chamberlain, Lucy Emery & Colin Plant: The effectiveness of artificial log piles as a mitigation measure for saproxylic beetles

Davide Scaccini & Matteo Anaclerio: Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) sampling during its flight period in North Italy: data from an ongoing survey in an oak forest

Petr Šípek, Silvia Fabrizi, Jonas Eberle & Dirk Ahrens: Osmoderma is not a member of Trichiini! Or: What can we learn from a molecular phylogeny of rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae): mophological and eco: physiological evidence

Arno Thomaes, Alain Drumont, Luc Crevecoeur & Dirk Maes: Flemish Red List of saproxylic scarab beetles (Lucanidae, Cetoniidae and Dynastidae)

Arno Thomaes, Luca Bartolozzi, Alessandro Campanaro, Deborah Harvey, Colin Hawes Marcin Kadaj, Jerzy Karg, Valery A. Korneyev, Marcos Mendez, Bruno Meriguet, Markus Rink, John Smit, Adrian Smolis, Eduard A. Snegin, Eva Sprecher, Wouter Vanreusel & Al Vrezec: Creating a monitoring network for the European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)

Sam Van de Poel, Arno Thomaes, Alain Drumont & Luc Crevecoeur: Towards a new atlas of the Belgian longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)

Stefanie Weigelmeier & Jürgen Schmidl: Induced tree hollows in beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Steigerwald (Bavaria, Germany): Effects of cavity type, time scale and spatial distance to donor populations on diversity, density and community structure of saproxylic Coleoptera

Proceedings

Davide Scaccini: First record of oviposition scars in two European Platycerus species: P. caprea (De Geer, 1774) and P. caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)(Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Arno Thomaes & Philippe Camps: Is the major-minor male dimorphism of the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) explained by a weaponry and wing investment trade off?

Mattias C. Larsson & Mikael A. Molander: Standardized pheromone-based toolboxes of saproxylic indicator species guiding European conservation efforts?

Davide Scaccini & Matteo Anaclerio: Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) sampling during its flight period in Northern Italy: data from an ongoing survey in an oak forest

Keith Alexander: Europe’s wood pastures – rich in saproxylics but threatened by ill-conceived EU instruments

Colin J. Hawes & Masahiko Tanahashi: A brief review of mycangia and associated yeast symbionts in British stag beetles