@article {50726, title = {Guidelines for the monitoring of Osmoderma eremita and closely related species}, journal = {Nature Conservation}, volume = {20}, year = {2017}, month = {Apr-08-2019}, pages = {79 - 128}, abstract = {

Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763) is a saproxylic scarab beetle protected by the Habitats Directive in the European Union. The present paper is part of a special issue on monitoring of saproxylic beetles protected in Europe and starts with a revision of the current knowledge on systematics, ecology, ethology and conservation of O. eremita and its allied species, followed by experimental tests of different methods for monitoring its populations. Two methods were compared in several localities of central Italy: (1) the widely used pitfall traps into tree cavities and (2) black cross windows traps baited with a specific pheromone produced by male beetles. The first method, often used in northern and central Europe, did not give acceptable results in Italy probably because of the scarcity of veteran trees with large hollows. It could only be used successfully in areas where: 1) tree hollows were abundant, large enough and with sufficient amounts of wood mould for planting pitfall traps and 2) the team is composed of several operators in order to ensure the checking of at least 150 traps every two days during the whole period of mating activities (15 July\–25 August). The second method, consisting of hanging 30 black cross window traps during the mating period and checking them every two days, turned out to be better for capturing a significant number of individuals but cannot be used every year because of the possible disturbance on mating activities of the species.

}, issn = {1314-6947}, doi = {10.3897/natureconservation.20.12658}, url = {https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12658}, author = {Maurizi, Emanuela and Campanaro, Alessandro and Chiari, Stefano and Maura, Michela and Mosconi, Fabio and Sabatelli, Simone and Zauli, Agnese and Audisio, Paolo and Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto} } @article {50724, title = {Guidelines for the monitoring of Lucanus cervus}, journal = {Nature Conservation}, volume = {20}, year = {2017}, month = {Apr-08-2019}, pages = {37 - 78}, abstract = {

Lucanus cervus is one of the most charismatic saproxylic beetles, widely distributed in Europe. The species is typical of mature deciduous forests, especially oak woodlands. Loss and fragmentation of suitable habitats is one of the major threats for this species which is included in Annex II of the Habitats Directive. Despite several studies carried out in the last years for the monitoring methods of the species, an analytical comparison between them is still lacking.

The aims of this paper are (i) to review the current knowledge about systematics, ecology and conservation practices on L. cervus and (ii) to present the research carried out during the Life MIPP project, in order to define a standard monitoring method with a suitable protocol to be used for addressing the obligations of the Habitats Directive. Overall, five methods were tested during three years in two different study areas. Based on these results, a suitable standard method for L. cervus is proposed in this paper and, in order to assess the conservation status of populations and to compare them over time, a simple method for the calculation of a reference value is provided.

}, issn = {1314-6947}, doi = {10.3897/natureconservation.20.12687}, url = {https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12687}, author = {Bardiani, Marco and Chiari, Stefano and Maurizi, Emanuela and Tini, Massimiliano and Toni, Ilaria and Zauli, Agnese and Campanaro, Alessandro and Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto and Audisio, Paolo} }