PROGRAMME
Sunday 18
- 19.00- 22.00. Arrival and registration. Registration desk is at Apartamentos Campus, University Campus at Espinardo (5 km from downtown, road to Molina de Segura).
Monday 19
- 8.00 -9.30. Registration.
- 9.45 -10.00. Opening of the Meeting in the Conference Centre, located in “Centro Social Universitario”, at the northern side of the Campus (see map in the last pages of this volume). Chaired by José Serrano.
- 10.00 -11.00. Invited talk “Ground beetle diversity monitoring and the evaluation of a recent nature restoration project: A long-term case study in dune and salt marsh habitats along the Belgian coast”, by Konjev Desender.
- 11.00 -11.20. Coffee break
Oral presentations Communities and theoretical aspects. Chaired by G. L. Lövei.
11.20- 11.40. Carabid assemblage composition under scattered Quercus pyrenaica trees of a “dehesa” ecosystem in NW Spain. Angela Taboada, D. Johan Kotze, José M. Salgado and Reyes Tárrega.
11.40- 12.00. Longterm investigations of carabid communities of the floodplains of Danube. Gyozo Szél, Veronika Fabók, Csaba Kutasi and Imre Retezár.
12.00- 12.20. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) forest population in Algeria. Gahdab Chakali and Zahia Belhadid.
12.20- 12.40. Dealing with varying observational probability, unequal sample sizes and clumped distributions – a working example with ground beetles. D. Johan Kotze and Susanna Lehvävirta.
12.40- 13.00. Habitat analysis and habitat modelling for carabid beetles in floodplains. Thomas Rickfelder and Meke Kleinwächter.
- 13.00 -15.00. Lunch break
Oral presentations Monitoring changes (1). Chaired by R. Vermeulen.
- 15.00- 15.20. Changes in the carabid assemblages of a coastal dairy farm in south-west Scotland following restoration to wet grassland. Shona Blake and Dave Beaumont.
- 15.20- 15.40. Assessment of hydrological alterations on beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae and Tenebrionidae) in the coastal wetlands of the Mar Menor Lagoon (SE Spain). María Teresa Pardo, Miguel A. Esteve, Andrés Giménez, Julia Martínez, María Francisca Carreño, José Serrano .
- 15.40- 16.00. The influence of grazing intensity in the Scottish uplands on the ecological makeup of ground beetle assemblages. Lorna Cole, Meg Pollock, Duncan Robertson, John Holla nd and Davy McCraken.
- 16.00- 16.20. Ecological traits: surrogates for short-term carabid response to regeneration felling of mature oak stands? Emmanuelle Richard and Frédéric Gosselin.
- 16.20 -16.40. Afternoon coffee
Oral presentations Monitoring changes (2). Chaired by J.R. Spence.
- 16.40- 17.00. 19. Variability of Carabidae in time and space in open areas. Axel Schwerk, Pawel Salek, Maniek Duszczyk, Michael Abs and Jan Szyszko .
- 17.00- 17.20. Abundance, diversity and seasonal dynamics of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Bt- and in isogenic maize stands: a three- years field experiment in Hungary. Dóra Szekeres, Ferenc Kádár, Jozsef Kiss.
- 17.20- 17.40. Variability of Carabidae in time and space in forest habitats (Tuczno 1989-2003). Jan Szyszko, Axel Schwerk, Izabela Dymitryszyn, Krzysztof Platek, Mariusz Niedziólka and Artur Michalski.
- 17.40- 18.00. The use of carabids to evaluate landscape units. Roberto Pizzolotto .
- 18.15. Opening of an exhibition
- 20.00. Reception at Cloister of the Faculty of Law (downtown).
TUESDAY 20
- 9.00-10.00. Invited talk “Ecological methodology: pitfalls in carabid beetle research” by Johan Kotze.
- 10.00 -10.20. Coffee break.
Oral presentations Taxonomy and Biogeography. Chaired by I. Ribera.
- 10.20- 10.40. Tribe Melaenini: a simple question asked, its antecedents and its complex aftermath. George E. Ball.
- 10.40- 11.00. A morphometric approach to evaluate the Central European subspecies of Carabus menetriesi Faldermann in Hummel, 1827 (Coleoptera: Carabidae): cutting the Gordian knot? Juergen Trautner, Thorsten Assmann, Claudia Drees, Jan Eggers, Ingmar Harry and Joerg Rietze.
- 11.00- 11.20. Chorotypes and biogeography of the Italian Carabid fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Augusto Vigna Taglianti.
- 11.40 -12.00. Coffee break
Oral presentations Anthropogenic pressures and genetic changes. Chaired by D. Mossakowski.
- 12.00- 12.20. Genetic erosion in recently fragmented habitats – a case study on Poecilus lepidus populations in heathlands.
Markus Persigehl, Claudia Drees and Thorsten Assmann.
- 12.20- 12.40. Anthropogenic transformation of carabid assemblages – from primeval forests to deforested open areas. Jaroslaw JW. Sklodowski.
- 12.40- 13.00. Extreme genetic differentiation in response to antropogenic influences in a unique historical saltmarsh. Hilde Dhuyvetter, Frederik Hedrickx, Eva Gaublomme and Konjev Desender.
- 13.00 -15.00. Lunch break
Oral presentations Forests and fire. Chaired by T. Assmann.
- 15.00- 15.20. Prescribed burning effects on carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in a Norway spruce forest. Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Fred Midtgaard and Hans Overgaard.
- 15.20- 15.40. Sericoda Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) responses to time since fire, fire severity, post-fire logging, and smoke and charcoal stimuli. Matti Koivula, Timothy T. Cobb, Andrea Déchêne, Joshua M. Jacobs, John R. Spence.
- 15.40- 16.00. Partial cut harvesting, fire and recovery of carabid communities in several boreal forest cover types: a test of the natural disturbance paradigm. John R. Spence, Jan WA. Volney, David W. Langor, Timothy T Work and Joshua M. Jacobs.
- 16.00- 16.20. Presentation of The Society for Applied Carabidology, or ‘Gesellschaft für angewandte Carabidologie (GAC), of the German Entomological Society, by T. Assmann.
- 16.20 -16.40. Afternoon coffee
16.40 -18.20. POSTER SESSION
- The ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblages in a woodland habitat in Hungary: a comparison of their abundance and community structure. Rita Andorkó and Ferenc Kádár
- Review of faunae of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Baltic States. Arvids Barševskis and Uldis Valainis.
- Morphological analysis and taxonomy of Ocydromus (Nepha) genei (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Paolo Bonavita.
- Agonistic (fighting) behaviour in Scarites buparius (Forster, 1771). Tullia Zetto Brandmayr, Teresa Bonacci, Anita Giglio, Antonio Mazzei, Mariastella Romeo, Federica F. Talarico and Pietro Brandmayr.
- Primer on carabid beetles for biodiversity evaluation and conservation. Pietro Brandmayr, Tullia Zetto and Roberto Pizzolotto .
- Phylogeny of the genus Percus – nuclear genes and the basal splits. Martina Brückner and Dietrich Mossakowski.
- Habitat choice by carabid beetles and habitat modification in a protected area of the Sessera valley (Piedmont, Western Alps). Achille Casale, Matteo Negro, Claudia Palestrini and Antonio Rolando.
- Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Calluna vulgaris heathlands in NW Spain: a first survey. David Cuesta, Ángela Taboada, Leonor Calvo and José M. Salgado.
- Abundance and species richness of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) along an urbanisation gradient near Sorø, Zealand, Denmark. Zoltan Elek and Gabor L. Lövei
- Adaptations in the life cycle of Bembidion velox (Col.: Carabidae) to riparian habitats. Meke Kleinwächter, Marcus Bürkel and Thomas Rickfelder.
- Species composition of ground beetle assemblages of dolomitic grasslands in Hungary. Csaba Kutasi, Gyozo Szél and Imre Retezár.
- Genetic erosion in the highly endangered ground beetle Carabus variolosus nodulosus? Testing models of genetic differentiation. Andrea Matern, Claudia Drees, Eva Gaublomme, Konjev Desender, Alfried P. Vogler and Thorsten Assmann.
- Reproductive parameters of woodland inhabiting ground beetles: variances of egg size and of ovariole numbers. Britta Noll, Claudia Drees and Thorsten Assmann.
- The effect of varying sampling effort on the diversity of carabid assemblages in the Danglobe Project, Danmark. Maria Sapia , Gabor L. Lövei, Zoltan Elek.
- Nutrition of Brachinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pavel Saska and Alois Honek.
- A population genetic comparison between the endangered ground beetle Elaphrus uliginosus and the common Elaphrus cupreus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in north Germany. Rosvita Schreiner, Iris Eckert, Günther B. Hartl and Ulrich Irmler.
Wednesday 21
Field excursion on bus. We aim to visit a famous garden “Huerto del Cura” in Elche (55 km away from Murcia, direction Alicante), to see beautiful palm trees. Lately, we shall follow to “El Hondo”, a typical marsh landscape of SE Spain located in a protected area 8 km from Elche. A contrasting landscape is waiting for us in Sierra Espuña, a large pine forest 55 km away from Murcia (direction Andalusia). In the reception building of this protected area we will be offered a typical lunch. After a little siesta we may have a round table. We shall depart to Murcia at 20.00. Collecting heat-resistant beetles is allowed. Those brave participants wishing to expend the spare time of the trip trying to collect the scarce active beetles will have a chance to do so.
- 9.00. Bus departure from the apartments in the Campus.
- Somewhere in-between. Sandwich and soft drink.
- 14.30. Lunch prepared by forest managers of Sierra Espuña.
- Siesta time. Free time to collect or have a little rest.
- 18.00. Round table: “Possibility of a transeuropean project to monitoring biodiversity changes based on carabids”.
- 20.00. Departure to Murcia.
THURSDAY 22
- 9.00- 10.00. Special session dedicated to honour Prof. Pieter den Boer. Invited talk “Dispersal and population turnover: the founding hypothesis”, by P.J. den Boer, presented by G.L. Lövei.
- 10.00-10.20. Morning coffee.
Oral presentations Habitat restoration and species conservation. Chaired by L. Cole.
- 10.20- 10.40. Simulation program meets field studies: The case study of Poecilus lepidus in north-west Germany. Claudia Drees, Markus Persigehl, Hendrik Jan Vermeulen and Thorsten Assmann.
- 10.40- 11.00. Effects of a road on carabid movement in a nature restoration area. Debbie Prins, Marianne de Jonge, Jinze Noordijk and Rikjan Vermeulen.
- 11.00- 11.20. Application of the Mean Individual Biomass (MIB) of ground beetles (Carabidae) to assess the restoration process in the Guadiamar Green Corridor (South Iberian Peninsula). Ana María Cárdenas and Juan M. Hidalgo.
- 11.20- 11.40. What do habitat suitability models reveal about the requirements of the endangered ground beetle Carabus variolosus nodulosus? Andrea Matern, Claudia Drees and Thorsten Assmann.
- 11.40-12.00. Coffee break.
Oral presentations Rural and Urban gradients. Chaired by L. Penev.
- 12.00- 12.20. The effects of urbanisation on ground beetles in a Danish city – the Danglobe project. Zoltan Elek and Gabor L. Lövei.
- 12.20- 12.40. Effects of grassland management on the carabid fauna of urban parks. Stephen Venn and Kati Rokala.
- 12.40-13.00. Ecological effects of urbanisation on ground beetles in beech forests of Brabant (Belgium). Eva Gaublomme, Hilde Dhuyvetter, Frederik Hendrickx and Konjev Desender.
- 13.00-15.00. Lunch break
Oral communications Molecular phylogeny. Chaired by G.E. Ball.
- 15.00- 15.20. Molecular phylogeny of west Paleartic Calathus based on mitochondrial COI-COII. Carlos Ruiz and José Serrano.
- 15.20- 15.40. Molecular data supports the inclusion of Ildobates neboti Español in Zuphiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae). Ignacio Ribera, Sergio Montagud, Santiago Teruel and Xavier Bellés.
- 15.40- 16.00. D. Mossakowski.
- 16.00- 16.20. Afternoon coffee
Oral communications Biology. Chaired by R. Pizzolotto.
- 16.20- 16.40. Laboratory preferences for seeds in ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) common in organic field of winter wheat. Pavel Saska.
- 16.40- 17.00. A fundamental problem of ground beetle larvae feeding on small tree seeds: enlargement of their tools (mandibles) during development while the seeds stay at the same size. Wilfried Paarmann, Nicolas Faust, Erik Arndt, Ingrid Lüchtrath and Wolfgang Rohe.
- 17.00- 17.30. Poster session and election of the best poster.
- 17.40- 18.40. Closing discussion
- 18.45-19.15. Closing of conference.
- 20.30. Bus departure to conference dinner