Mercantour/Alpi Marittime France/Italy Europe Contact: Prof. Dr. Philippe Bouchet, Natural History Museum Paris, France In 2006 presented by: Prof. Dr. Philippe Bouchet, Natural History Museum Paris, France. The Alpi Marittime natural park in Italy and the Mercantour natural park in France together form one of Europe’s rare bi-national nature reserves of which staff works closely together. The inventory of vertebrate species is as good as complete, whereas the flora and invertebrate fauna remain largely unknown. The vertebrate inventories and recent initiations of inventories of plants and saproxylic beetles, illustrate have revealed high levels of endemism, which underlines the importance of the region in the chain of Alpine nature reserves. In May 2007, the ATBI+M programme was initiated by over 40 scientists from EDIT and non-EDIT member institutions. Visit the website on All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories in Mercantour/Alpi Marittime: The area falls under the Birds Directive and European Diploma Type 'A'. Alpi Marittime: http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=6022&level=nat Mercantour: http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=664&level=nat |
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1- | Karin Wolf-Schwenninger, SMNS (Germany) Expertise: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Carabidae |
2- | Marta De Biaggi, Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime (Italy) |
3- | Dr. Quentin Groom, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Belgium) Expertise: Higher plants |
4- | Peter Fenda, Comenius University Bratislava (Slovakia) Expertise: Acari, Mesostigmata |
5- | Frank Fiers, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Belgium) Expertise: Copepoda |
6- | Anthony Turpaud, Parc national du Mercantour (France) Expertise: Myrmecologie |
7- | Norbert Hirneisen, (Germany) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
8- | Harald Pauli, University of Vienna & Austrain Academy of Sciences (Austria) Expertise: vascular plants |
9- | Yoan Braud, ECO-MED and MNHN (France) Expertise: Insects, Orthoptera |
10- | Marc Pollet, IWT-Flanders; KBIN; University of Ghent (UGent) (Belgium) Expertise: Diptera: Dolichopodidae |
11- | Torsten Bittner, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) Expertise: Coleoptera |
12- | Bas Kokshoorn, Naturalis, Leiden (The Netherlands) |
13- | Isabella Van de Velde, RBINS (Belgium) |
14- | Thomas Pape, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Denmark) Expertise: Diptera |
15- | Patricia Mergen, Africa Museum (Belgium) |
16- | Klaus Riede, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (Germany) Expertise: Orthoptera, Cicadidae |
17- | Dietger Hausenblas, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Germany) Expertise: Microlepidoptera |
18- | Merijn Bos, State Natural History Museum (Germany) Expertise: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera: Formicidae |
19- | Axel Steiner, State Museum of Natural History (Germany) Expertise: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae |
20- | Eduard Stloukal, Comenius University (Slovakia) Expertise: Protozoa, Crustacea |
21- | Jean-Yves Rasplus, INRA (France) Expertise: Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea, Mutillidae, Chrysididae |
22- | JOSE LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain) Expertise: Cynipoidea and Chalcidoidea |
23- | Manfred Verhaagh, State Museum of Natural History (Karlsruhe) Expertise: Hymenoptera: Formicidae |
24- | Cornelia Warneke-Cremer, University of Hamburg (Germany) |
25- | Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga, CSIC (Spain) |
26- | Cees van Achterberg, Natural History Museum, Naturalis (the Netherlands) Expertise: Hymenoptera, Braconidae |
27- | Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, State Museum of Natural History (Germany) |
28- | Martin Nebel, State Museum of Natural History (Germany) |
29- | Maciey Postuszng, (Poland) |
30- | Philippe Bouchet, Natural History Museum Paris (France) |
31- | Louis Deharveng, Natural History Museum Paris (France) |
32- | Mikhail Andreev, Komarov Botanical Institute (Russia) |
33- | Marek Wanat, Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University (Poland) Expertise: Apionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) |
34- | Koos J. C. Biesmeijer, University of Leeds (United Kingdom) |
35- | Christoph Häuser, Museum für Naturkunde (Germany) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
36- | Daniel Bartsch, State Museum of Natural History (Germany) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
37- | Karol Marhold, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia) |
38- | Axel Hausmann, Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Germany) Expertise: Geometridae |
39- | David Tarkhnishvili, Chavchavadze State University (Georgia) |
40- | Mark Judson, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (France) |
41- | Sandra McInnes, Bristish Antarctic Survey (UK) Expertise: Tardigrada |
42- | Ole Karsholt, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum (Denmark) Expertise: Lepidoptera, especially Gelechiidae, Micropterigidae, Ochsenheimeriinae |
43- | Markus Preussing, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde (Germany) Expertise: Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta |
44- | Gerhard M. Tarmann, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Ferdinandeum (Austria) Expertise: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae |
45- | Mauro Paschetta, Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di biologia animale e dell'uomo (Italy) Expertise: Araneae |
46- | Daniele Sommaggio, DiSTA, Bologna University (Italy) Expertise: Syrphidae |
47- | Carlos Lado, Real JardÃn Botánico, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (Spain) Expertise: Eumycetozoans, Myxomycetes, Protostelids, Dictyostelids |
48- | Nicolas Moulin, Indépendant - MNHN (France) Expertise: Dictyoptera: Mantodea ; Orthoptera ; Lepidoptera ; Odonata ; Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cerambycidae |
49- | Pjotr Oosterbroek, Zoological Museum University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Expertise: Tipulidae (Insecta, Diptera, Craneflies) |
50- | Marco Bardiani, Corpo Forestale dello Stato - Centro per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale. (Italy) |
51- | Marco Isaia, Università di Torino (Italia) Expertise: Araneae |
52- | Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kost, Philipps University Marburg (Germany) Expertise: Basidiomycota, Tricholomatales |
53- | Fabio Mosconi, Università La Sapienza (Italy) Expertise: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths); Cave Lepidoptera |
54- | Manfred Kahlen, Tiroler Landesmuseen-BetriebsGmbH, Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen (Österreich) Expertise: Coleoptera |
55- | Erik J. van Nieukerken, National Museum of Natural History Naturalis (Netherlands) Expertise: Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea and general Microlepidoptera |
56- | Vonk Ronald Vonk, Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam () Expertise: peracarid crustaceans, fishes |
57- | Romain Edouard GARROUSTE, MNHN (France) Expertise: insects : Hemiptera Heteroptera (terrestrial, aquatic and MARINE) For western Europe : Odonata |
58- | Thomas Wesener, Research Museum Alexander Koenig (Germany) Expertise: Diplopoda |
59- | Peter Huemer, Tiroler Landesmuseen (Austria) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
60- | Gareth KING, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid (Spain) Expertise: Geometridae especially the subfamily; Sterrhinae. |
61- | Marcel Uhrin, (Slovakia) Expertise: Chiroptera |
62- | Kim Jacobsen, Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium) Expertise: RMCA WP7/8 new collaborator |
63- | Tatiana Dautova, Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) Expertise: Octocorallia, Hexacorallia |
64- | Salim Dautov, Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) Expertise: Echinodermata |
65- | Manfred Kahlen, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Naturwissenschaften (Austria) Expertise: Coleoptera |
66- | Gabriele Chiappetta, Università di Torino (Italy) Expertise: Carabidae |
67- | Vera Malysheva, Komarov Botanical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) Expertise: Fungi: Basidiomycota: Polyporales, Cantharellales, Tremellales, Exidiales |
68- | Ekaterina Malysheva, Komarov Botanical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) Expertise: Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricales, Boletales, Russulales |
69- | kirtsideli irina, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (Russia) Expertise: soil microfungi, Arctic, mountains, extreme environments, cold, adaptation, |
70- | Domir De Bakker, Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium) Expertise: Araneae |
71- | Mikhail Zhurbenko, Komarov Botanical Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) Expertise: Lichenicolous fungi (ascomycetes, imperfect fungi). Terricolous alpine lichens. Over 80 publications and over 30 described new species. |
72- | Abishkar Subedi, National Herbarium of Netherlands, Leiden University Branch (Netherlands) Expertise: Orchid Taxonomy and Phylogeny |
73- | Etienne IORIO, Attaché au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) (France) Expertise: Chilopoda (centipedes) |
74- | Roland Mühlethaler, Museum für Naturkunde (Germany) Expertise: Auchenorrhyncha; Cicadomorpha, Fulgoromorpha, Cicadellidae |
75- | Andrzej Woźnica, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Poland) Expertise: Heleomyzidae s. lato, Trixoscelididae, Cnemospathididae - Diptera |
76- | nicola , (Italy) |
77- | Francesca Barbero, Dip. di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo (Università di Torino) (Italy) Expertise: Lipidoptera |
78- | Simona Bonelli, Dip. di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo (Università di Torino) (Italy) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
79- | Marie-France LECCIA, Parc National du Mercantour (France) |
80- | Reza Zahiri, University of Turku (FINLAND) Expertise: Quadrifine Noctuidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) |
81- | Dr. Frank Rosenbauer , (Germany) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
82- | Peter Degma, Department of Zoology, Comenius University (Slovakia) Expertise: limnic and terrestrial Tardigrada |
83- | Matúš Kúdela , (Slovakia) Expertise: Diptera: Simuliidae, Blephariceridae; Odonata |
84- | Christian Komposch, Mag. Dr., OEKOTEAM - Institute for Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning (Austria) Expertise: Taxonomy, zoogeography and faunistics of arachnids, especially harvestmen (Opiliones) and spiders (Araneae); actual study (paper, in press) of endemic harvestmen, spiders and scorpions of Austria (Eastern Alps); list of publication see http://www.oekoteam.at/christian.php |
85- | Peer Schnitter, Landesamt für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt (Deutschland) Expertise: Carabidae (Coleoptera) |
86- | Volker Neumann, (Germany) Expertise: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Buprestidae, Cleridae, Tenebrionidae |
87- | Samuel Jolivet, OPIE (Office pour les insectes et leur environnement) (France) Expertise: Odonata; Trichoptera (larval stage) |
88- | Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, (Germany) Expertise: Tachinidae |
89- | Fabio Cianferoni, Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia (Italy) Expertise: Hemiptera Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, Leptopodomorpha |
90- | Giuseppe Mazza, Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia (Italy) Expertise: Aquatic Insects |
91- | Fabio Terzani, Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia (Italy) Expertise: Odonata |
92- | Francesca Zinetti, Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia (Italy) Expertise: Endangered species |
93- | Saverio Rocchi, Museo Zoologico "La Specola", Università di Firenze (Italia) Expertise: Coleoptera Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae (Hydradephaga) |
94- | Axel Ludwig Schoenhofer, University of Mainz (Germany) Expertise: Harvestmen-Opiliones |
95- | Anke Hoffmann, Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin (Germany) Expertise: Small mammals (Rodentia, Macroscelidae, Soricidae) and Bats |
96- | Stefano Macchetta, (Italy) Expertise: Botany |
97- | Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, University Of Oxford (United Kingdom) Expertise: Strepsiptera and their hosts |
98- | Dirk Stubbe, Ghent University (Belgium) Expertise: macrofungi, Lactarius |
99- | Kobeke Van de Putte, Ghent University, department of biology, research group mycology (Country) Expertise: Macrofungi, Lactarius & the Lactarius volemus species complex |
100- | Filippo Maria Buzzetti, WBA-World Biodiversity Association (Italy) Expertise: Orthoptera; Heteroptera: Gerromorpha |
101- | Jan Decher, University of Vermont. Dept. of Biology (USA) Expertise: small mammals: shrews, bats, rodents |
102- | Vincent Vedel, INRA Kourou, Guyane (France) Expertise: Spiders, myriapods |
103- | Susana Neves, ITQB - Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) Expertise: Vascular plants; Bupleurum, Apiaceae, Eleusine, Poaceae, Lathyrus, Fabaceae |
104- | Alain Vanderpoorten, University of Liège (Belgium) Expertise: bryophytes |
105- | Alexander Kroupa, SMNS (Germany) Expertise: Hymenoptera, Aculeata |
106- | Agnes Kirchhoff, Freie Universität Berlin, BGBM (Germany) |
107- | Heinrich Schatz Dr., Institute of Ecology, Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck (Austria) Expertise: Acari Oribatida |
108- | Lars Krogmann, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (Germany) Expertise: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps) and Pompilidae (spider wasps) |
109- | julien amouret, (france) Expertise: level bachelor of biology |
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111- | Elke Zippel, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (Germany) Expertise: Flora and vegetation (higher plants, bryophytes), population genetics |
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113- | Ingmar Harry, (Germany) Expertise: Carabidae |
114- | Rafael Marquez, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) (Spain) Expertise: amphibians / reptiles |
115- | Harald Komposch, OIKOS - Institute for ecology and basic research (Austria) Expertise: lichens |
116- | Mihail Kechev, Agricultural College (Bulgaria) Expertise: Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Brachycera) |
117- | John T. Smit, European Invertebrate Survey - the Netherlands (the Netherlands) Expertise: Diptera: Syrphidae & Tephritoidea |
118- | Hans Christof Zeller-Lukashort, Haus der Natur, Naturkundliche Gesellschaft (Austria) Expertise: lepidoptera, focus on primitive moths |
119- | Laurens Sparrius, Dutch Bryological and Lichenological Society (The Netherlands) Expertise: Lichens |
120- | Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Biology (Romania) Expertise: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae |
121- | Paloma Martinez, UAM (Spain) |
122- | Gerard Delvare, CIRAD (France) Expertise: Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea |
123- | Dr. Christian Schmid-Egger, Privat (Germany) Expertise: Hymenoptera Aculeata /Sphecids |
124- | Patrick Grootaert, Department Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Belgium) Expertise: Diptera, Empidoidea |
125- | Matteo Elio Siesa, University of Milan (Italy) Expertise: Odonata-Dragonflies |
126- | Costanza Uboni, University of Trieste (Italy) Expertise: Dragonflies |
127- | Luca Pietro Casacci, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo (Italy) Expertise: Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera |
128- | Cristiana Cerrato, Turin University (Italy) Expertise: Lepidoptera Rhopalocera |
129- | Alberto Chiarle, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino (MRSN) (Italy) Expertise: Araneae |
130- | Federica La Pietra, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino (MRSN) (Italy) Expertise: Mollusca |
131- | Nicole Starik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) Expertise: small mammals: rodents & bats |
132- | Stefano Birindelli, (Italia) Expertise: MALACOLOGIA |
133- | Emilie Dehant, Université du Sud Toulon-Var (France) |
134- | Mitko Karadelev, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics (Macedonia) Expertise: Fungi, Macromycetes, Basidiomycetes. Aphyllophorales:Corticiaceae & Polyporaceae |
135- | Jan Maca, Czech Institute of Nature Conservation (Czech Republic) Expertise: Diptera, mainly Drosophilidae, Lonchaeidae, Diastatidae |
136- | Birgit Gemeinholzer, bgbm (germany) |
137- | Laszlo Zoltan Laszlo, Babes-Bolyai University (Romania) Expertise: Hymanoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae |
138- | Emanuele Biggi, (Italy) Expertise: Amphibians and Reptiles |
139- | Christophe Daugeron, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (France) Expertise: Diptera Empididae |
140- | Olavi Kurina, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Estonia) Expertise: Diptera: Sciaroidea |
141- | Felix Javier Gonzalez Estebanez, University of Leon (Spain) Expertise: Lepidoptera |
142- | Jeroen de Rond, freelance faunistic researcher (The Netherlands) Expertise: Hymenoptera Aculeata, with specialization in Chrysidoidea |
143- | Regis Ferriere, Ecole Normale Superieure (France) Expertise: Herpetology |
144- | Rosa Menendez, Lancaster University (UK) Expertise: Coleoptera (Scarabaeidae) and Lepidoptera (Ropalocera) |
145- | Anna Nesterovich, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation) Expertise: Freshwater algae |
146- | Daniel Berkowic, Tel Aviv University (Israel) |
147- | Ali Halajian, Tuscia university,Italy (Iran) Expertise: Parasites, Helminthology, Birds helminths |
148- | TAUTEL CLAUDE TAUTEL, MNHN (FRANCE) Expertise: LEPIDOPTERA |
149- | hannah siri huebner, museum koenig, bonn (germany) Expertise: thesis about morphology and taxonomy of amphipods, biomolecular methods |
150- | Tanja Rogatsch, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Austria) Expertise: Spiders (Araneae), (Opiliones, Heteroptera) in cooperation with Dr. Christian Komposch & Mag. Thomas Fries |
151- | Barbara Rizzioli, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy) Expertise: Araneae, Isopoda |
152- | Daniel Kreiner, Nationalpark Gesäuse Nature Conservation & Research (Austria) Expertise: Botany |
153- | Lisbeth Zechner, National Park Gesaeuse (Austria) Expertise: birds, orthoptera |
154- | JOSE GUTIERREZ ALVAREZ, UNIVERSIDAD DE LEON (SPAIN) Expertise: WATERBEETLES |
155- | Humberto Merayo Alba, Univeridad de León (España) Expertise: My specialty is as Heteroceos lepidoteros Ropalocers both of these noctudos especially those who took several years to its study |
156- | Arved Dr. Lompe, Private (Germany) Expertise: Coleoptera; specialized on Trechus and related taxa |
157- | József Geml, Leiden University (The Netherlands) Expertise: Fungi |
158- | Axel Ssymank, Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Konstantinstrasse 110, 53179 Bonn (Germany) Expertise: Syrphidae, Conopidae, Stratiomyidae (Diptera) |
159- | Valentina Lupano, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy) Expertise: Butterflies |
160- | Susanne Popp, Karl Franzens Universität, Graz (Austria) Expertise: Opiliones Aranea Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha |
161- | Reinmar Eggers, KF Uni Graz (Austria) Expertise: Birds, Interested in Plants |
162- | Rachel Korn, (Austria) Expertise: Heteroptera |
163- | Pauline Neuhold, (Austria) Expertise: araneae, opiliones, auchenorrhyncha |
164- | Josef Schnelzer, (Austria) |
165- | Holger Zimmermann, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz (Austria) Expertise: Auchenorrhyncha |
166- | Ismene Fertschai, University Graz (Austria) Expertise: Ensifera, Caelifera , Lepidoptera (interest) |
167- | Gabriele Hödl, (Austria) Expertise: Insekten und Spinnentiere |
168- | Miloš Černý, (Czech Republic) Expertise: Diptera: Agromyzidae |
169- | Maurizio Valota, Freelancer (Italy) Expertise: Amphibia |
170- | Cornelia Deckert, (Germany) Expertise: Vascular plants |
171- | Ruth Bone, associated with Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and IRD, France (based in the UK) Expertise: Angiosperm taxonomy and conservation. |
172- | Enrico Ercole, University of Turin, Department of Plant Biology (Italy) Expertise: Cyperaceae, Balsaminaceae, Orchidaceae and microfungi (mycorrhiza). I am expertise also in Alpin Flora and plant invasive alien species |
173- | Arne Saatkamp, IMEP - Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (France) Expertise: Bryophytes (Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, Anthocerotae), Vascular plants, |
174- | LUIGI PANNO, DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY - MYCOTHECA UNIVERSITATIS TAURINENSIS- MUT (ITALIA) Expertise: FUNGAL BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMATIC OF MARINE FUNGI, IDENTIFICATION OF ANAMORPHIC/TELOMORPHIC ASCOMYCETES AND BASIDIOMYCETES (MICRO and MACROFUNGI). |
175- | Paramjit Singh, (India) Expertise: Taxonomy of temperate and alpine plants especially grasses and bamboos, interest in Nomenclature |
176- | Ronny Straetling, Delattinia e.V. (Germany) Expertise: Lepidoptera, Papilionoidae, Hesperioidae, Zygaenoidae and some others in less extent (Geometridae, Noctuidae, Sphingidae...) |
177- | Martin Kubiak, Biozentrum Grindel & Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (Germany) Expertise: Trichoptera (all groups) |
178- | Christian König, Universität Hohenheim (Germany) Expertise: Coleoptera, Elateridae |
179- | Marc Pollet, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) (Belgium) Expertise: Diptera: Dolichopodidae |
180- | Lorenzo Gallo, free-lance (Italy) Expertise: Botany: Crassulaceae family |
181- | Anna Mácová, (Czech Republic) Expertise: small rodents (Muridae, Arvicolidae, ...), protozoan intestine parasites of small rodents (Apicomplexa) |
182- | MARC BARBIER, INRA (France) Expertise: taxonomic gap |