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Diversity of waterbirds wintering in Douz wetlands (south Tunisia): factors affecting wetland occupancy and species richness by Hamza, Foued, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…Understanding the environmental factors shaping wetland attractiveness for waterbirds is an important question in wetland ecology and for conservation…”
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Behavioral fever in Bosk’s fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) living in an industrial area in south-eastern Tunisia by Nasri, Intissar, Hammouda, Abdessalem, Belliure, Josabel, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…As an indicator of physiological state of lizards, thermoregulatory behavior has been proposed as an assessment tool of environmental contamination,…”
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Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads by Dhiab, Oumayma, D’Amico, Marcello, Boukhriss, Jihen, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…Roads provide attractive but dangerous habitats for a wide variety of wild animals, including granivorous species feeding on road-spilled grains. The survival…”
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Decreased Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Bosk’s Fringe-Toed Lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus) Inhabiting an Industrialized Area in Southern Tunisia by Nasri, Intissar, Hammouda, Abdessalem, Belliure, Josabel, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…Lizards increasingly are recognized as suitable contaminant biomonitors in terrestrial ecosystems. Previously, we have shown that Bosk’s fringe-toed lizards (…”
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Sexual Size Dimorphism in Buthus tunetanus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Tunisia by Sarra Hajri, Babay, Jamel, Selmi, Slaheddine, Nouira, Saïd

“…Scorpions are known to exhibit sexual size dimorphism, but data is still lacking from a large number of species throughout the world. Such information is…”
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Prioritizing the provision of urban ecosystem services in deprived areas, a question of environmental justice by Selmi, Wissal, Selmi, Slaheddine, Teller, Jacques, Weber, Christiane, Rivière, Emmanuel, Nowak, David J.

“…The distribution of urban ecosystem services (UES) is often uneven across socioeconomic groups, leading to environmental justice issues. Understanding the…”
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Drivers of nest survival rate in a southern Tunisian population of Laughing Doves (Spilopelia senegalensis) by Boukhriss, Jihen, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…Background Investigating the ecological factors and processes shaping nest survival is of great importance for assessing the breeding success of bird…”
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Heavy metal accumulation in lizards living near a phosphate treatment plant: possible transfer of contaminants from aquatic to terrestrial food webs by Nasri, Intissar, Hammouda, Abdessalam, Hamza, Foued, Zrig, Ahlem, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…We investigated the accumulation of heavy metals in Bosk’s fringe-toed lizards ( Acanthodactylus boskianus ) living in Gabès region (southeastern Tunisia), in…”
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Ecological factors affecting wetland occupancy by breeding Anatidae in the southwestern mediterranean by Cherkaoui, Sidi Imad, Selmi, Slaheddine, Hanane, Saâd

“…Conservation of Anatidae in North Africa is hindered by lack of information concerning population size, population trends, and species-habitat relationships…”
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Breeding biology of a relictual Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica) population in Tunisia by Nefla, Aymen, Ouni, Ridha, Selmi, Slaheddine, Nouira, Saïd

“…Background The Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica) is an endemic North African species. Available knowledge on this species is limited to historic descriptive…”
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Circulation of a Meaban-like virus in yellow-legged gulls and seabird ticks in the western Mediterranean basin by Arnal, Audrey, Gómez-Díaz, Elena, Cerdà-Cuéllar, Marta, Lecollinet, Sylvie, Pearce-Duvet, Jessica, Busquets, Núria, García-Bocanegra, Ignacio, Pagès, Nonito, Vittecoq, Marion, Hammouda, Abdessalem, Samraoui, Boudjéma, Garnier, Romain, Ramos, Raül, Selmi, Slaheddine, González-Solís, Jacob, Jourdain, Elsa, Boulinier, Thierry

“…In recent years, a number of zoonotic flaviviruses have emerged worldwide, and wild birds serve as their major reservoirs. Epidemiological surveys of bird…”
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Exposure of yellow-legged gulls to Toxoplasma gondii along the Western Mediterranean coasts: Tales from a sentinel by Gamble, Amandine, Ramos, Raül, Parra-Torres, Yaiza, Mercier, Aurélien, Galal, Lokman, Pearce-Duvet, Jessica, Villena, Isabelle, Montalvo, Tomás, González-Solís, Jacob, Hammouda, Abdessalem, Oro, Daniel, Selmi, Slaheddine, Boulinier, Thierry

“…Efficiently tracking and anticipating the dynamics of infectious agents in wild populations requires the gathering of large numbers of samples, if possible at…”
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Maternal antibody transmission in relation to mother fluctuating asymmetry in a long-lived colonial seabird: the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis by Hammouda, Abdessalem, Selmi, Slaheddine, Pearce-Duvet, Jessica, Chokri, Mohamed Ali, Arnal, Audrey, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Boulinier, Thierry

“…Female birds transfer antibodies to their offspring via the egg yolk, thus possibly providing passive immunity against infectious diseases to which hatchlings…”
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Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella, and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards by Megía-Palma, Rodrigo, Martínez, Javier, Nasri, Intissar, Cuervo, José Javier, Martín, José, Acevedo, Iván, Belliure, Josabel, Ortega, Jesús, García-Roa, Roberto, Selmi, Slaheddine, Merino, Santiago

“…In this study, several species of Isospora infecting lizards were genetically characterized. Specifically, five described and four newly described species of…”
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Patterns of within-clutch variation in yolk lutein in the Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis: the effects of egg laying order and laying date by Hammouda, Abdessalem, Selmi, Slaheddine, Pearce-Duvet, Jessica

“…In gull species, the level of carotenoids in egg yolks is known to decrease along the egg laying sequence. However, the extent of this laying order effect is…”
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Patterns of vertebrate road-kills in a pre-Saharan Tunisian area by Dhiab, Oumayma, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…Understanding spatio-temporal patterns of animal-vehicle collisions is a crucial step for the implementation of efficient mitigation measures of this worldwide…”
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Does time of season influence bird species number determined from point-count data? A capture-recapture approach by Selmi, Slaheddine, Boulinier, Thierry

“…We investigated the effect of time of season on the accuracy of species number estimation from point-count data collected at 28 oases from southern Tunisia…”
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Bird communities in suburban patches near Paris: Determinants of local richness in a highly fragmented landscape by Husté, Aurélie, Selmi, Slaheddine, Boulinier, Thierry

“…Local species richness in highly fragmented landscapes is expected to be affected by characteristics of both the considered patch and its surrounding matrix,…”
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Long-term Exposure to Industrial Chemical Contamination Affects the Magnitude of Predator-induced Immunosuppression in a Free-living Passerine by Hammouda, Abdessalem, Ayadi, Tasnim, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…Industrial chemical contamination is known to have immuno-toxic effects on birds. It may also interfere with natural stressful conditions to further disrupt…”
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Predation by free-roaming domestic cats on migratory and resident birds during spring passage in a southern Tunisian oasis by Belani, Fatma, Cuervo, José Javier, Selmi, Slaheddine

“…During migratory stopovers, migrant birds may face increased predation threats, particularly as they prioritize foraging to replenish energy reserves and…”
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