From insects to frogs, egg–juvenile recruitment can have persistent effects on population sizes

BJ Downes, BL Peckarsky, J Lancaster… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Understanding what regulates population sizes of organisms with complex life cycles is
challenging because limits on population sizes can occur at any stage or transition. We …

Effects of both climate change and human water demand on a highly threatened damselfly

R Khelifa, H Mahdjoub, A Baaloudj, RA Cannings… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
While climate change severely affects some aquatic ecosystems, it may also interact with
anthropogenic factors and exacerbate their impact. In dry climates, dams can cause …

Condition-dependent survival and movement behavior in an endangered endemic damselfly

H Mahdjoub, R Zebsa, A Kahalerras, H Amari… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Movement is essential for the maintenance of populations in their natural habitats,
particularly for threatened species living in fluctuating environments. Empirical evidence …

Sensitivity of biodiversity indices to life history stage, habitat type and landscape in Odonata community

R Khelifa - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Assessing biodiversity and prioritizing the conservation of sites requires a robust
methodology that minimizes the estimation errors of biodiversity indices and thus maximizes …

Potential fitness consequences of roosting spatiotemporal selection in an endangered endemic damselfly: conservation implications

H Mahdjoub, R Zebsa, H Amari… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Understanding habitat requirements of species of conservation concern is central for their
conservation and management. Although much of the research attention has been focused …

[PDF][PDF] TSOI-a new index based on Odonata populations to assess the conservation relevance of watercourses in Tunisia.

M Korbaa, M Ferreras-Romero, A Ruiz-García… - …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Global ecological conditions existing in the streams of northern Tunisia are very unequal. In
consideration of their appropriate management and restoration requirements, breeding …

Remarkable population resilience in a North African endemic damselfly in the face of rapid agricultural transformation

R Khelifa, H Mahdjoub, A Baaloudj, RA Cannings… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There has been a rapid expansion of agricultural area worldwide, resulting
in a substantial change in the physical structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning of …

Specialist herbivore performance on introduced plants during native host decline

GM Horne, R Manderino, SP Jaffe - Environmental Entomology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ash (Fraxinus spp.) is in rapid decline across the northeastern USA due to the invasive
emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire). Three recently co-occurring confamilial …

Checklist of Odonata of Sidi Bel Abbes, Northwest Algeria

M El Bouhissi, S Chaib, M Houhamdi, R Khelifa - Hydrobiology, 2022 - mdpi.com
The odonates of Algeria have been studied for more than a century and a half, but the
Northwestern part of the country has historically received little attention. A recent study in …

Reproductive habitat provisioning promotes survival and reproduction of the endangered endemic damselfly Calopteryx exul

MK Mellal, M Bensouilah, M Houhamdi… - Journal of Insect …, 2018 - Springer
Effective habitat management is predicted to have positive effects on populations and
species of conservation concern. Although studies have shown that ecological processes …