Management and conservation of forest ecosystems by evaluating the effect of the volume and diversity of deadwood on the richness of saproxylic beetles and monitoring saproxylic species protected at the community level such as Lucanus cervus, Osmoderma eremita, Rosalia alpina, and Cerambyx cerdo.
Management and conservation of dry grasslands (continental acidophilous dry habitats 2330, 4030, 6210) by analyzing the effect of fragmentation and reduction of these habitats on plant-pollinator relationships and carabid beetle communities; monitoring some arthropod species protected at the community level (e.g., Saga pedo).
Sustainable management of agroecosystems through:
- Analyzing the effect of natural and semi-natural elements of the agricultural landscape on the taxonomic and functional diversity of carabid beetles, orthopterans, and saproxylic beetles, and on the structure of plant-pollinator networks;
- Characterizing the entomological communities of agricultural environments of conservation relevance (e.g., the water meadows of the Po Valley; dry grasslands and heaths, etc.);
- Analyzing soil microfauna and developing quality indices;
- Monitoring the impact of harmful beetles on the agroecosystem, analyzing environmental factors that may favor their containment or reduction, and experimenting with biological control techniques.
