The main objectives of this review are: 1) the compilation and updating of a reference
database for Italian saproxylic beetles, useful to assess the trend of their populations and …

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c. 6,000 European species
(mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected …

The" Checklist of the species of the Italian fauna", recently published and transformed in a
database, allows for the first time the assessment of the number of species in Italy; the aims …

About IUCN IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil
society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with …

Identification of forest stands with priority for the conservation of biodiversity is of particular
importance in landscapes with a long cultural and agricultural history, such as Central …

1. Urbanisation is an obvious cause of insect extinction, but few studies have investigated
insect species loss in urban areas, and the importance of urban environment in conservation …

Up to now, global conservation priorities are far from incorporating megadiverse invertebrate
taxa. Thus, an important emerging field in biological conservation is how we might manage …

The choice of sampling methods to survey saproxylic beetles is a key aspect to assessing
conservation strategies for one of the most endangered assemblages in Europe. We …

The knowledge of the distributional patterns of saproxylic beetles is essential for
conservation biology due to the relevance of this fauna in the maintenance of ecological …

Insect conservation has been traditionally based mainly on the identification of priority
biotopes. One of the most commonly used criteria for biotope prioritisation is the occurrence …