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A hotspot for threatened Mediterranean odonates in the Seybouse River (Northeast Algeria): are IUCN population sizes drastically underestimated?

Rassim KhelifaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria;Correspondence[email protected]
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Rabah ZebsaDepartment of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences and Earth and Universe Sciences, University of 08 May 1945, Guelma, Algeria;
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Hichem AmariLaboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Chadli Bendjedid, El Tarf, Algeria;
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Mohamed Khalil MellalLaboratory of Marine and Coastal Environments Ecobiology, Department of Biology, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria;
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Hayat MahdjoubLaboratory of Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, Department of Biology, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria
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Amin KahalerrasDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria;
Pages 1-11 | Received 07 Aug 2015, Accepted 08 Dec 2015, Published online: 14 Jul 2016

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Gianandrea La Porta & Enzo Goretti. (2020) Movement and demography of Southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale, Odonata) in a Mediterranean lotic ecosystem. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 32:2, pages 107-121.
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Affef Baaloudj. (2020) Aspects of life history of the Afrotropical endangered Acisoma inflatum (Selys, 1889) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Northeast Algeria. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 56:2, pages 180-188.
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Abdelmadjid Chelli & Riadh Moulaï. (2019) Ecological characterization of the odonatofauna in lotic and lentic waters of northeast Algeria. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 55:5, pages 430-445.
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Zahra Razkallah & Moussa Houhamdi. (2018) Community structure of the odonatofauna of an important Maghrebian watershed: the Seybouse (Northeast Algeria). Zoology and Ecology 28:4, pages 395-402.
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Mohammed Khalil Mellal, Rabah Zebsa, Mourad Bensouilah, Moussa Houhamdi & Rassim Khelifa. (2018) Aspects of the emergence ecology of the regionally endangered Coenagrion mercuriale (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Northeast Algeria. Zoology and Ecology 28:3, pages 224-230.
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Rassim Khelifa, Hayat Mahdjoub, Mohamed Sahnoun Aouaouche & Moussa Houhamdi. (2016) Reproductive behaviour of a North African endemic damselfly, Platycnemis subdilatata (Odonata: Platycnemididae) and probable senescence effects. International Journal of Odonatology 19:3, pages 157-167.
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A. Baaloudj, P. R. De los Ríos-Escalante & C. Esse. (2024) Benthic community ecology for Algerian river Seybouse. Brazilian Journal of Biology 84.
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Hayat Mahdjoub, Rabah Zebsa, Amin Kahalerras, Hichem Amari, Soufyane Bensouilah, Michael J. Samways & Rassim Khelifa. (2023) Condition-dependent survival and movement behavior in an endangered endemic damselfly. Scientific Reports 13:1.
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Hayat Mahdjoub, Rabah Zebsa, Hichem Amari, Soufyane Bensouilah, Abdelheq Zouaimia, Abdeldjalil Youcefi & Rassim Khelifa. (2023) Potential fitness consequences of roosting spatiotemporal selection in an endangered endemic damselfly: conservation implications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11.
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Mayssara El Bouhissi, Sara Chaib, Moussa Houhamdi & Rassim Khelifa. (2022) Checklist of Odonata of Sidi Bel Abbes, Northwest Algeria. Hydrobiology 1:4, pages 433-439.
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Amira Chorfi, Hinda Hafid, Affef Baaloudj, Hadia Rizi, Hani Amir Aouissi, Sara Chaib, Mostafa Ababsa, Noua Allaoua & Moussa Houhamdi. (2022) Characterization and diversity of macroin-vertebrates in groundwater in the region of Souk-Ahras (North-East of Algeria). Ekológia (Bratislava) 41:3, pages 219-227.
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Rassim Khelifa, Charl Deacon, Hayat Mahdjoub, Frank Suhling, John P. Simaika & Michael J. Samways. (2021) Dragonfly Conservation in the Increasingly Stressed African Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9.
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N. Bouali, A. Baaloudj, M. Touarfia, I. Houhamdi, M. C. Maazi & M. Houhamdi. (2021) Ecology, phenology and wintering behavior of Anatidae in the wetlands of Souk–Ahras (north–eastern Algeria). Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, pages 135-149.
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Rassim Khelifa, Hayat Mahdjoub, Leithen K. M’Gonigle & Claire Kremen. (2021) Integrating high‐speed videos in capture‐mark‐recapture studies of insects. Ecology and Evolution 11:11, pages 6033-6040.
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Rassim Khelifa, Hayat Mahdjoub, Affef Baaloudj, Robert A. Cannings & Michael J. Samways. (2021) Remarkable Population Resilience in a North African Endemic Damselfly in the Face of Rapid Agricultural Transformation. Insects 12:4, pages 353.
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Rassim Khelifa, Hayat Mahdjoub, Affef Baaloudj, Robert A. Cannings & Michael J. Samways. (2021) Effects of both climate change and human water demand on a highly threatened damselfly. Scientific Reports 11:1.
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Rassim Khelifa. (2019) Females “assist” sneaker males to dupe dominant males in a rare endemic damselfly: sexual conflict at its finest. Ecology 100:12.
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Rassim Khelifa, Rabah Zebsa, Hichem Amari, Mohammed Khalil Mellal & Hayat Mahdjoub. (2019) Field estimates of fitness costs of the pace‐of‐life in an endangered damselfly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32:9, pages 943-954.
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Rassim Khelifa. (2019) Sensitivity of biodiversity indices to life history stage, habitat type and landscape in Odonata community. Biological Conservation 237, pages 63-69.
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Hichem Amari, Rabah Zebsa, Amel Lazli, Soufyane Bensouilah, Mohamed Khalil Mellal, Hayat Mahdjoub, Moussa Houhamdi & Rassim Khelifa. (2019) Differential elevational cline in the phenology and demography of two temporally isolated populations of a damselfly: Not two but one taxon?. Ecological Entomology 44:1, pages 93-104.
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Mohamed Khalil Mellal, Mourad Bensouilah, Moussa Houhamdi & Rassim Khelifa. (2018) Reproductive habitat provisioning promotes survival and reproduction of the endangered endemic damselfly Calopteryx exul. Journal of Insect Conservation 22:3-4, pages 563-570.
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Rassim Khelifa, Rabah Zebsa, Hichem Amari, Mohammed Khalil Mellal, Abdelheq Zouaimia, Soufyane Bensouilah, Abdeldjalil Laouar & Moussa Houhamdi. (2018) The hand of man first then Santa Rosalia’s blessing: a critical examination of the supposed criticism by Samraoui (2017). Journal of Insect Conservation 22:2, pages 351-361.
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Rassim Khelifa. (2017) Partial bivoltinism and emergence patterns in the North African endemic damselfly Calopteryx exul : conservation implications . African Journal of Ecology 55:2, pages 145-151.
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Rassim Khelifa & Mohammed Khalil Mellal. (2017) Host-plant-based restoration as a potential tool to improve conservation status of odonate specialists. Insect Conservation and Diversity 10:2, pages 151-160.
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