Saproxylic beetles in Europemonitoring, biology and conservation

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Slovenian Forestry InstituteSilva Slovenica

Studia Forestalia SlovenicaStrokovna in znanstvena dela

Professional and Scientific Works

137

Saproxylic beetles in Europe: monitoring, biology and conservation

Ljubljana, 2012

Studia Forestalia Slovenica / Professional and Scientific Works 137

Issued bySlovenian Forestry Institute, Silva SlovenicaVečna pot 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija

Editorial board of Silva SlovenicaProf. dr.dr.h.c. Niko TORELLI, doc. dr. Tom LEVANIČ, prof. dr. Hojka KRAIGHER, dr. Mirko MEDVED,dr. Nike KRANJC, prof. dr. Bojan BUČAR, prof. dr. Vesna TIŠLER, prof. dr. Janez KRČ, prof. dr. Iztok WINKLER, prof. dr. Davorin KAJBA, prof. dr. John KOTAR, Prof. dr. David E. HANKE, dr. Monika KONNERT

Editor in ChiefProf. dr. Maja JURC

Extended Editorial Boarddr. Eva SPRECHER-UEBERSAX, dr. Keith N.A. ALEXANDER, dr. Sylvie BARBALAT, dr. Al VREZEC,Pavel SEBEK, Jan PODLESNIK, dr. Dinka MATOŠEVIĆ, prof. dr. Maja JURC, dr. Alessandro CAMPANARO, Slavko POLAK, prof. dr. Dušan DEVETAK, dr. Nikica OGRIS, dr. Srdjan BOJOVIĆ, dr. Milan PERNEK, , dr. TomiTRILAR, dr. Meta VIRANT, prof. dr. Janko BOŽIČ

Technical EditorDanijel BORKOVIČ

Cover page design Indexing and classificationBojan JURC mag. Maja BOŽIČ

Language editor Terry T. JACKSON

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SAPROXYLIC beetles in Europe : monitoring, biology and conservation / [editor in chief Maja Jurc]. - Ljubljana : Slovenian Forestry Institute, Silva Slovenica, 2012. - (Studia forestalia Slovenica : strokovna in znanstvena dela, ISSN 0353-6025 ; 137)

ISBN 978-961-6425-60-5

1. Jurc, Maja

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FOREWORD

It has become a tradition that researchers who are working with saproxylic beetles meet every two to three years. The first symposium was held in Sweden in August 1999, the second took place in Great Britain three years later in June2002, the third was held in Latvia in June 2004, the fourth took place in France in June 2006, the fifth in Germany in June2008 and the sixth in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, from 15 to 17 June, 2010.

Forty-six contributions on the topic of saproxylic beetles in Europe and in Slovenia were presented (Sections: Red Listing and Monitoring, Population Studies, Saproxylic Beetle Assemblages and Environmental Gradients, Taxonomy and Phylogeography, Saproxylic Beetles and Forestry). The conference was well attended (more than 100 participants) and accomplished its goals: to present the state of the art on research concerning saproxylic organisms (primarily saproxylic beetles), alongside research dealing with transversal approaches related the environmental problems faced by different ecosystems, factors affecting the biodiversity of saproxylic beetles, phylogeography, taxonomy of saproxylic species, conservation and the management of saproxylic beetles, and to develop stronger cooperation and promote a saproxylic organism research network between different researchers around the world.

The organizers of the sixth conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia have summarised the results in comprehensive proceedings of eleven peer-reviewed contributions; special attention is dedicated to methodological insights important for the conservation of saproxylic beetles (as the IUCN European Red List of Saproxylic Beetles, working towards a European Saproxylic Beetle Conservation Strategy), biology (as fungivory of saproxylic Coleoptera), new knowledge of saproxylic beetle behaviour and management in protected forests (reserves, Natura 2000 areas and other) and in managed forests.

Maja Jurc

Ljubljana, April 2012

Field trip participants, Šijec, Pohorje, 17.6.2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEITH N. A. ALEXANDERThe IUCN European Red List of Saproxylic Beetles – working towards a European SaproxylicBeetle Conservation Strategy .............................................................................................................................................. 7-10

SYLVIE BARBALAT Management of a forest reserve conserving saproxylic beetles: the example of the Bois de l’Hôpital (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) .................................................................................................................................................. 11-16

ALESSANDRO CAMPANARO, MARCO BARDIANIWalk transects for monitoring of Lucanus cervus in an Italian lowland forest ..................................................... 17-22

MAJA JURC, SRDJAN BOJOVIC, ROMAN PAVLIN, GREGOR METERC, ANDREJA REPE, DANIJEL BORKOVIČ, DUŠAN JURCBiodiversity of saproxylic beetles of pine forests in Slovenia with emphasis on Monochamus species .................................................................................................................................................................................. 23-32

JAN PODLESNIK, MAJA JURCSpecies dynamics and colonisation patterns of saproxylic beetles in a felled Norway spruce tree (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in the altimontane belt of Slovenia ........................................................................................... 33-42

SLAVKO POLAKPhenology and mating behaviour of Morimus funereus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) .............................................. 43-52

DMITRY S. SCHIGEL Fungivory of saproxylic Coleoptera: the mystery of rejected polypores ................................................................ 53-58

EVA SPRECHER-UEBERSAXThe present situation of Lucanidae in Switzerland .................................................................................................... 59-66

PAVEL SEBEK, LUKAS CIZEK, DAVID HAUCK, JIŘÍ SCHLAGHAMERSKÝSaproxylic beetles in an isolated pollard willow stand and their association with Osmoderma barnabita (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) ...................................................................................................................... 67-72

AL VREZEC,, ŠPELA AMBROŽIČ, ANDREJ KAPLAAn overview of sampling methods tests for monitoring schemes of saproxylic beetles in the scope of Natura 2000 in Slovenia .................................................................................................................... 73-90

HERVÉ BRUSTEL Polytrap™ 2010: new “soft design” window flight trap for saproxylic beetles – Short note ..................................... 91-92