Object's details: Ecosystems with the endemic argan tree Sideroxylon spinosum L.: their flora and fauna (Algerian Sahara)

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Ecosystems with the endemic argan tree Sideroxylon spinosum L.: their flora and fauna (Algerian Sahara)
Creator:
Kechairi, Réda;
Benaouf, Zohra;
Ould Safi, Mohammed;
Megharbi, Ahmed
Description:
The Tindouf argan groves in the south-western Algerian Sahara, beside Sideroxylon spinosum L. [syn. Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels] have a rich flora and fauna. This study was aimed to assess their species composition. During floristic surveys we recorded 79 plant species, 67 genera, and 31 families. Among them, the Brassicaceae and Fabaceae are the most represented families (12.7% and 11.4% of the flora, respectively), followed by the Asteraceae and Zygophyllaceae (8.9% each). The flora includes 18 rare species (23%) and 16 endemic taxa (20.3%). The Saharo-Sindian element dominates, accounting for 24.1%, compared with 11.4% for the Saharo-Mediterranean and the Mediterranean elements each. The argan tree grows in steppelike plant formations, including pastures, of which 67% are of the desert type. The flora is composed mostly of phanerophytes (19.3%), nanophanerophytes (11.6%), and chamaephytes (35.9%). The argan tree is present in various small facies, along wadi beds, on sandy, rocky, and gravelly substrates. We recorded 25 species of birds, 17 mammals, 9 reptiles, 1 amphibian, and 15 arthropods, mostly insects. Consequently, the remarkable biological richness found within the argan ecosystems of Tindouf in the Algerian Saharan context deserves the attention of international bodies concerned with nature conservation in order to protect it as a biosphere reserve.
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Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ;
Prawa autorskie (c) 2024 Réda Kechairi, Zohra Benaouf, Mohammed Ould Safi, Ahmed Megharbi
Date:
2024.11.15
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
Peer-reviewed article
Language:
English
Source:
Biodiversity: Research and Conservation; Vol. 75 (2024); 13-26;
Biodiversity Research and Conservation; Tom 75 (2024); 13-26;
2080-945X;
1897-2810
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/biorc/article/view/45112/37096
Subject:
Sideroxylon spinosum;
argan grove;
biodiversity;
flora;
fauna;
Sahara;
Algeria
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/biorc/article/view/45112
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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