Programme

First day, Tuesday 27.VI.2006.

09:00 – 10:00 - Registration. Fee payment (cash)
10:00 – 10:30 - Opening : Welcome speech
10:30 – 12:30 - Session 1

The saproxylic world: terminology, concepts and methodology
Session moderator : C. Bouget

1. Alexander K., Tree biology and saproxylic Coleoptera – issues of definitions and conservation language.
2. Stokland J. N., The Nordic saproxylic database – an emerging overview of the beetle diversity in dead wood.
3. Schigel D. S., Rarity and seasonality among fungivorous Coleoptera.

12:30 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 - Session 2

Monitoring of saproxylic species
Session Moderator : H. Brustel

4. Vignon V., Comparing abundance of Osmoderma eremita populations and habitat quality in different French localities: conservation perspectives.
5. Thomaes A., Kervyn T., Beck O., Cammaerts, R., Distribution of Lucanus cervus (L. 1758) in Belgium: surviving in a changing landscape (Coleoptera: Lucanidae).
6. Hawes C., Radio-tracking stag beetles in the urban environment.

Tea-time

7. Dubois G. et Vignon V., First results on radio-tracking Osmoderma eremita in chestnuts orchards in the Sarthe department (France).
8. Schlaghamerský J., V. Manák, P. Cechovský. On the mass occurence of two rare saproxylic beetles, Cucujus cinnabarinus (Cucujidae) and Dircaea australis (Melandryidae), in South Moravian Floodplain Forests.

17:00 – 18:00 - Presentations of the posters
18:00 – 19:00 - Cocktail party
19:00 – 20:30 - Dinner
21:30 - Field excursion to see crepuscular and nocturnal beetles.

Second day, Wednesday 28.VI.2006.

08:00 – 09:00 - Breakfast
09:00 – 12:30 - Session 3

The saproxylic habitat: species-environment relationships
Session moderator : K. Alexander

9. Müller J., Critical values of dead wood for saproxylic beetles in beech forests.
10. Le Guilloux S., Brustel H., Valladares L., Sirami C., Martin J.L., Jay-Robert P., Interest of old trees for saproxylic beetles across closing degree of background in Mediterranean landscapes.
11. Dodelin B., Functional ecology of the saproxylic beetles in mountain forests: Relations between deadwood stocks characteristics and communities assemblages.

Break

12. Wermelinger B., Flückiger P., Obrist M.K., and Duelli P., Spatial distribution of Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Scolytidae along forest edges.
13. Sprecher-Uebersax E., The Stag-beetle Lucanus Cervus L. in Art and Mythology

12:30 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 17:30 - Session 4

Saproxylic biodiversity and land management
Session moderator : J.-F. Asmodé

14. Ducasse J. J., Hervé Brustel H., Saproxylic beetles and management of Grésigne forest (France).
15. Istrate P. V., The Saproxylic beetles from National Park Domogled-Cerney valley, Romania.
16. Jurc M., Pavlin R., D. Borkovic, Forest as habitat of saproxylic beetles on Natura 2000 sites in Slovenia.

Tea-time

17. Jansson N., How similar is the saproxylic beetle fauna on old oaks (Quercus spp) in Turkey and Sweden?
18. Bouget C., Brustel H., Brin A., Noblecourt T., Sampling saproxylic beetles with window flight traps : methodological insights

17:30 Visit of the prieuré de Vivoin


Posters

1. Bouget C., Brustel H., Zagatti P., The French Saproxylic Beetle Fauna : An ecological and taxonomical database to help with the assessment of forest conservation status.
2. Dubois G., Vignon V., Delettre Y., Rantier Y., Vernon P. & F. Burel., Study of distribution and habitat characterization of Osmoderma eremita (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae) in a hedgerow network landscape (Orne department, France).
3. Hawes C., A bioacoustic technique for locating and identifying stag beetle larvae Lucanus cervus L. (Coleoptera: Lucanidae).
4. Holzer E., The Feistritz gorge near Herberstein - an eldorado for xylobiontic beetles!
5. Kalan G., Pirnat A., Saproxylic beetles within NATURA 2000 in Slovenia – current status.
6. Mäki M., Lehvävirta S., Siitonen J., Conservation of saproxylic beetles in urban parks of Helsinki, Finland.
7. Schmid M. , Coch T., Mertens W., and Steck C., Habitat continuity – a limiting factor of biodiversity?

19:00 – 20:30 - Dinner
21:30 Field excursion to see crepuscular and nocturnal beetles

Third day, Thursday 29.VI.2006.

07:30 – 08:30 - Breakfast

Field excursions in the endangered habitats of agricultural landscapes (hedgerows network, chestnut orchards), in which occur many saproxylic species.