Monitoring programs should be based on the measurement of two main pillars for evaluating
the conservation status of a species: population size and geographical distribution. To date …

Conservation of threatened animals is frequently limited by lack of knowledge about their
ecological preferences, and often artificial feeding is one of the few chances to save …

A fine‐scale spatial genetic structure is rarely analysed within insect populations, although
such a structure influences the level of inbreeding and kin dynamics and can have …

Habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization can negatively affect metapopulation
persistence when gene flow among populations is reduced and population sizes decrease …

Last seen in France in 1836 by Robineau-Desvoidy, the orange-headed necrophagous fly
Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer, 1798) has long been considered as extinct. However, it …

More than 100 years after the only record of Rhysodes sulcatus for Bulgaria, the species is
confirmed to still occur in this country. Two new localities of the species in Stara Planina Mts …

Heart rot and hollowing of tree trunks is an ecologically important phenomenon and is the
result of fungal decay of wood. Despite the value of heart rot habitats to thousands of …

ABSTRACT A group of saproxylic beetles has become a frequently used as a bioindicator of
forest biodiversity. These beetles, especially endangered species, testify very credibly to the …

Se registra la presencia en el Sistema Ibérico septentrional de 51 especies de coleópteros
saproxílicos de elevado valor bioindicador, poco conocidas en la península ibérica y/o …

1 Zusammenfassung Die Fragmentierung von Lebensräumen wird in der
Naturschutzbiologie als eine wesentliche Ursache für den Rückgang von Arten und ihren …