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3rd Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles
Riga / Latvia, 7th-11th July, 2004
PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY, 7TH JULY
10:00 – 11:50 – Registration, fee & excursions cash payments (EUR, GBP, LVL will be accepted)
12:00 – 13:15 Plenary session
12:00 – Symposium opening; The welcome speech
12:15 – 12:35 – Matthew Smith – „Current Knowledge of the UK Distributions of Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus L. (Lucanidae) and Noble Chafer Gnorimus nobilis (L.) (Scarabaeidae)”
12:35 – 12:55 – Christophe Bouget – „ The Short-term Impact of Windthrow Disturbance on Saproxylic Beetle Communities in Lowland Deciduous Forests: Gap and Gap Size Effects”
12:55 – 13:15 – Jiri Schlaghamersky – „Saproxylic Beetles of a Hardwood Floodplain Forest canopy”
13:15 – 13:35 – Coffee break
13:35 – 13:55 – Alexander G. Kirejtshuk – „Diversity of Saproxylic Beetles in the Past, as Represented in the Catalogue of the World Fossil Coleoptera at www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/Paleoatl.htm”
13:55 – 14:15 – Colin Hawes – „Lucanus cervus L. (Lucanidae) in Suffolk (England): Distribution and Monitoring”
14:15 – 15:00 Posters presentations
14:15 – 14:40 – Thierry Noblecourt – „Saproxylic Beetles in Urban Forests in Paris”
14:30 – 14:45 – Veerle Versteirt – „Xylobios”: Diversity, Ecology and Role of Saproxylic Organisms in Belgian Deciduous Forests. Curculionidae and Elateridae”
14:45 – 15:00 – Niklas Franc – „Saproxylic Beetles on Snags and Logs of Oak”
15:00 – 16:00 – Lunch in the city (these costs are not included into the Symposium fee)
16:00 – 18:00 – Walking trip to the old city of Riga
18:30 – 23:00 (if required) – a pub + restaurant (traditional Latvian, also with international cuisine). You should taste something like lamprey (Latvia is the only country in Europe with permission for commercial use of river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis) or beaver (Castor fiber). A good (large) meal will cost ~ 5.- LVL (~9.- EUR) and 0.5 l of beer costs only 0.6 LVL (~1 EUR). You will like this!
THURSDAY, 8TH JULY
10:00 – 14:00 Plenary session
10:00 – 10:20 – Herve Brustel – „Biological Value of French Forests Assessed with Saproxylic Beetles: a Way for the Conservation of this Natural Heritage”
10:20 – 10:40 – Janis Gailis – „Protection of Saproxylic Beetles in Latvia”
10:40 – 11:10 – Thomas Ranius – „Osmoderma eremita (Scop.). (Scarabaeidae) in Europe”
11:10 – 11:30 – Veerle Versteirt – „The Belgian (Saproxylic) Elateridae Fauna in Danger? A Study in Deciduous Forests in Southern Belgium”
11:30 –11:50 – Keith Alexander – „Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles in the Cultural Landscape: a Case Study”
11:50 – 12:10 – Coffee break
12:10 – 12:30 – Georg-Christian Moller – „Key-Species of Xylophagous Insects in Middle-Europe”
12:30 – 12:50 – Paul F. Whitehead – „Preliminary Observations on the Coleoptera and Arboreal Resources of the Ionian Islands, Greece”
12:50 – 13:10 – Vincent Vignon – „Heterogenity of the Spatial Distribution of Osmoderma eremita (Scop.) Populations in Hedge Network (France, Orne department)”
13:10 – 13:30 – Dmitry Telnov – „Ceruchus chrysomelinus (Hochenw.) (Lucanidae) in Latvia”
13:30 – 13:50 – Alexander Napolov – „Saproxylic Invertebrates of Primary Monsoon Forests of VietNam”
13:50 – 14:45 Posters presentations
13:50 – 14:05 – Thierry Noblecourt – „The Entomologist’s Network of National Forest Office (Office National des Forets) in France: Prospects for Preservation and Inventory of Saproxylic Beetles”
14:05 – 14:30 – Herve Brustel – „Polytrap ™” – a Window Flight Trap for Saproxylic Beetles”
14:30 – 14:45 – Dmitry S.Schigel – „Polyporus pseudobetulinus (Pilat) – Rare Polypore Fungus (Basidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales) in Finland, and its Beetles”
14:45 – 15:00 – Neculiseanu Zaharia – „Saproxylic Coleoptera – Indicators of Forests of European Importance of the Republic of Moldova”
15:00 – The final speech and conclusion
15:05 – … Lunch in the city and free time
If there is sufficient interest, there is the possibility of a brief tour to the area surrounding Riga. Within 10 km of Riga there are forests and mires (boreal forests with Zilora ferruginea, Neatus picipes, Corticeus unicolor, Aromia moschata, Ergates faber, Strangalia attenuata, Danosoma conspersa, Carabus nitens, Agonum ericeti etc. (I can send the complete list of ~15000 Coleopteran species recorded in this area by request) as also beavers, corncrakes, elks …). Collecting will be allowed, but there will be insufficient transport for all the participants. In case of interest can order 2-3 taxis (these will cost no less than 20.- LVL (~38.- EUR) each, so only about 5 LVL / person).
FRIDAY, 9TH JULY
10:00-19:00 – Trip to the Gaujas National Park (Central Latvia): cultural programme + collecting.
Approximate costs: 20.- LVL (~35.- EUR) / person; these costs are included into the Symposium fee.
Bus from the Hotel “Valdemars” (23, Kr. Valdemara iela).
Approximate programme and events:
10:00 – 11:30 – trip Riga – Sigulda (~60 km)
11:30 – 12:30 – visiting Turaida Livonian castle (panorama over Gauja river valley forests) and surroundings
13:00 – 15:00 – collecting in the Gauja river valley in Sigulda (incl. Osmoderma ereimta locality in Krimulda, Denticollis rubens locality in Paparzu grava etc.)
15:00 – 16:00 – lunch in Sigulda (will find a non-expensive pub…)
16:00 – 17:00 – trip Sigulda – Cesis (~25 km) and brief view to the Cesis castle ruins and the old city (the former capital of Livonia)
17:00 – 18:00 – trip around Cesis (incl. ancient valley of Amata river at Zvartes cliff, an old Lucanus cervus locality in Ieriki etc.)
18:00 – 19:00 – trip back to Riga
Web site of the Gaujas National park (additional information): www.gnp.gov.lv
SATURDAY, 10TH JULY
10:00-19:00 – Trip to the Sliteres National Park (NW Latvia): collecting.
Approximate costs: 23.- LVL (~40.- EUR) / person; these costs are not included into the Symposium fee.
Bus from the Hotel “Valdemars” (23, Kr. Valdemara iela).
Approximate programme and events:
10:00 – 13:00 – trip Riga – Dundaga (~160 km)
13:00 – 14:30 – collecting in the old mixed forest (Gnorimus nobilis, Ceruchus chrysomelinus etc.)
14:30 – 15:00 – trip to Mazirbe
15:00 – 16:00 – collecting on the Baltic Sea shore, dunes etc.
16:00 – 17:30 – trip to Kolka, eating, visiting Kolka cape and coastal pine forest (Ergates faber faber, Stenagostus rufus, Chalcophora mariana etc.)
17:30 – 20:00 – trip back to Riga
Web site of the Gaujas National park: www.slitere.gov.lv
SUNDAY, 11TH JULY
9:30 – 13:00 – excursion to the Riga Zoo and the largest Osmoderma eremita population in the city of Riga.
Approximate costs: 4 LVL (~7 EUR / person; these costs are included into the Symposium fee).
Bus from the Hotel “Valdemars” (23, Kr. Valdemara iela).
Approximate programme and events:
9:30 – 12:00 – excursion to the Riga Zoo Insectarium (the best insect exposition in Europe 2002-2003 according to data from the European Association of Zoological Gardens; also IUCN protected species of saproxylo-mycetophagous darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)) from Seychelles.
12:00 – 12:40 – brief excursion in the Zoos surroundings: Osmoderma eremita populations in the city of Riga.
12:40 – 13:00 – trip back to the hotel