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Socioeconomic Factors Drive Fire-Regime Variability in the Mediterranean Basin by Chergui, Brahim, Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier, Pausas, Juli G.

“…In recent decades, fires in Mediterranean Europe have become larger and more frequent. This trend has been driven by socioeconomic changes that have generated…”
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Moroccan cannabis farms threaten biodiversity by Chergui, Brahim, Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier, Pausas, Juli G

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Quercus suber forest and Pinus plantations show different post-fire resilience in Mediterranean north-western Africa by Chergui, Brahim, Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier

“…Key message In the African rim of the Western Mediterranean Basin, cork oak forests and pine plantations coexist. Under similar fire regimes, cork oak forest…”
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Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: Challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara‐Sahel by Brito, José Carlos, Durant, Sarah M., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Newby, John, Canney, Susan, Algadafi, Walid, Rabeil, Thomas, Crochet, Pierre‐André, Pleguezuelos, Juan Manuel, Wacher, Tim, Smet, Koen, Gonçalves, Duarte Vasconcelos, da Silva, Maria Joana Ferreira, Martínez‐Freiría, Fernando, Abáigar, Teresa, Campos, João Carlos, Comizzoli, Pierre, Fahd, Soumía, Fellous, Amina, Garba, Hamissou Halilou Malam, Hamidou, Dieng, Harouna, Abdoulaye, Hatcha, Mahamat Hassan, Nagy, Abdullah, Silva, Teresa Luísa, Sow, Andack Saad, Vale, Cândida Gomes, Boratyński, Zbyszek, Rebelo, Hugo, Carvalho, Sílvia B.

“…Increasing conflicts and social insecurity are expected to accelerate biodiversity decline and escalate illegal wildlife killing. Sahara‐Sahel megafauna has…”
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Population density of the spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca declines after fire in north-western Africa by Chergui, Brahim, Rodríguez-Caro, Roberto C, Graciá, Eva, Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier

“…Fire is a key ecological process in several biomes worldwide. Over recent decades, human activities (e.g. rural abandonment, monoculture plantations) and…”
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Assessing the Response of Different Soil Arthropod Communities to Fire: A Case Study from Northwestern Africa by EL Khayati, Mounia, Chergui, Brahim, Barranco, Pablo, Fahd, Soumia, Ruiz, José L., Taheri, Ahmed, Santos, Xavier

“…In recent decades, forest fires in the Mediterranean basin have been increasing in frequency, intensity, and the area burnt. Simultaneously, insects, a group…”
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Are reptile responses to fire shaped by forest type and vegetation structure? Insights from the Mediterranean basin by Chergui, Brahim, Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier

“…•The response of reptile species to fire has been studied in north-western Africa.•Cork oak forests support richer communities than pine plantations.•In pine…”
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Climate Change and Peripheral Populations : Predictions for a Relict Mediterranean viper by Brito, José C, Fahd, Soumia, Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Tarroso, Pedro, Larbes, Said [et al.]

“…Ecological niche-based models were developed in peripheral populations of Vipera latastei in North Africa to: 1) identify environmental factors related to…”
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Climate change is predicted to negatively influence Moroccan endemic reptile richness. Implications for conservation in protected areas by Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Argaz, Hamida, Fahd, Soumía, Brito, José C

“…The identification of species-rich areas and their prognosticated turnover under climate change are crucial for the conservation of endemic taxa. This study…”
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Examining functional responses of ant communities to fire in Northwestern African afforested landscapes by EL Khayati, Mounia, Chergui, Brahim, Santos, Xavier, Fahd, Soumia, Taheri, Ahmed

“…In fire prone-regions, forest fires play a vital role in shaping animal communities, particularly for groups like ants strongly associated with vegetation and…”
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Modelling functional response of reptiles to fire in two Mediterranean forest types by Chergui, Brahim, Pleguezuelos, Juan M., Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier

“…Fire is one of the main disturbances to terrestrial environments, transforming habitat structure and affecting community composition. Coupled with fire, forest…”
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Venom variation among the three subspecies of the North African mountain viper Vipera monticola Saint Girons 1953 by Damm, Maik, Avella, Ignazio, Merzara, Reema, Lucchini, Nahla, Buldain, Jon, Corga, Frederico, Bouazza, Abdellah, Fahd, Soumia, Süssmuth, Roderich D., Martínez-Freiría, Fernando

“…The North African mountain viper (Vipera monticola) is a medically relevant venomous snake distributed in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Three subspecies of…”
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Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities by Khayati, Mounia EL, Chergui, Brahim, Taheri, Ahmed, Fahd, Soumia, Santos, Xavier

“…During the 20st century, the Mediterranean landscape has been transformed by the appearance of pine plantations of considerable economic value. However, these…”
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Integrative phylogeographical and ecological analysis reveals multiple Pleistocene refugia for Mediterranean Daboia vipers in north-west Africa by Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Crochet, Pierre-André, Fahd, Soumia, Geniez, Philippe, Brito, José C, Velo-Antón, Guillermo

“…Abstract Numerous works have related phylogeographical patterns of north African Mediterranean biota to Pleistocene climatic oscillations. The application of…”
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Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel by Brito, José C., Godinho, Raquel, Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Pleguezuelos, Juan M., Rebelo, Hugo, Santos, Xavier, Vale, Cândida G., Velo-Antón, Guillermo, Boratyński, Zbyszek, Carvalho, Sílvia B., Ferreira, Sónia, Gonçalves, Duarte V., Silva, Teresa L., Tarroso, Pedro, Campos, João C., Leite, João V., Nogueira, Joana, Álvares, Francisco, Sillero, Neftalí, Sow, Andack S., Fahd, Soumia, Crochet, Pierre-André, Carranza, Salvador

“…ABSTRACT Deserts and arid regions are generally perceived as bare and rather homogeneous areas of low diversity. The Sahara is the largest warm desert in the…”
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Allopatric diversification and evolutionary melting pot in a North African Palearctic relict: The biogeographic history of Salamandra algira by Dinis, Marco, Merabet, Khaled, Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Steinfartz, Sebastian, Vences, Miguel, Burgon, James D., Elmer, Kathryn R., Donaire, David, Hinckley, Arlo, Fahd, Soumia, Joger, Ulrich, Fawzi, Adnane, Slimani, Tahar, Velo-Antón, Guillermo

“…[Display omitted] •Climatic fluctuations underlie intraspecific diversification in an African salamander.•Cyto-nuclear discordances create a melting pot of…”
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Short-term post-fire structural and compositional habitat resilience in pine plantations by EL Khayati, Mounia, Chergui, Brahim, Santos, Xavier, Zekkaoui, ELHossain, El Karmoudi, Yahya, Taheri, Ahmed, Fahd, Soumia

“…Fire plays a key role in structuring biotic communities around the world. In fire-prone regions, many plant species have acquired adaptive traits such as…”
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Expansion after expansion: dissecting the phylogeography of the widely distributed spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca (Testudines: Testudinidae) by Graciá, Eva, Vargas-Ramírez, Mario, Delfino, Massimo, Anadón, José D., Giménez, Andrés, Fahd, Soumia, Corti, Claudia, Jdeidi, Tarek B., Fritz, Uwe

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Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from mediterranean northwestern Africa: State-of-the-art focused on recent multidisciplinary studies by Stoetzel, Emmanuelle, Lalis, Aude, Nicolas, Violaine, Aulagnier, Stéphane, Benazzou, Touria, Dauphin, Yannicke, El Hajraoui, Mohammed Abdeljalil, El Hassani, Ahmed, Fahd, Soumia, Fekhaoui, Mohammed, Geigl, Eva-Maria, Lapointe, François-Joseph, Leblois, Raphaël, Ohler, Annemarie, Nespoulet, Roland, Denys, Christiane

“…Northwestern Africa is today characterized by high geographical, climatic and ecological diversity; it is recognized as a hotspot of biodiversity and a major…”
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Fieldwork campaigns and citizen science data increase the distributional range of the elusive Vipera monticola in Morocco by Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Bouazza, Abdellah, Buldai, Jon, Freitas, Inês, Avella, Ignazio, Scaramuzzi, Andrea, Sioumpoura, Katerina, Oliveira, Duarte, Fahd, Soumia

“…Morocco comprises most of the geographic range extent of Vipera monticola and the three subspecies described within this taxon. However, the distribution of…”
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