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Nard Bennas
Affiliation : Abdelmalek Essaâdi University · Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)
- 49Publications (affiliation in Morocco)
- 202Total publications
- 389Citations
- 12h-index
Research profile
Nard Bennas has 49 indexed publications (2006–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Zootaxa”, “The Catalogue of Life” and “Aquatic Insects”. Their most cited article, “Using community and population approaches to understand how contemporary and historical factors have shaped species distribution in river ec” (2008), has been cited 38 times. 20 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsResearch areas
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Study of Mite Species
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
Publications (49)
- Potamophilus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1792): distribution update in North Africa confirmed by COI barcoding sequencing (Coleoptera, Elmidae)
- Checklist of Moroccan aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844) New records and updates
- The Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) of Morocco with a redescription of Hydrochus cf. obtusicollis Fairmaire, 1877
- The expansion continues: Girardia arrives in Africa. First record of Girardia sinensis (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola, Dugesiidae) in Morocco
- First record of Thraulus (Thraulus) bellus Eaton, 1881 outside Europe (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae, Choroterpinae)
- Biological invasions in Morocco: First national inventory and management prioritization
- Aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in Mediterranean intermittent rivers of the Upper Loukkos Basin, northwestern Morocco
- Effects of hydrological intermittency and anthropogenic pressure on aquatic beetle assemblages in the Martil River (north-western Morocco)
- Queen traits and colony founding success in harvester ants: implications for ecological restoration
- Environmental drivers and seasonal distribution of endemic macroinvertebrates in the Upper Loukkos Watershed (Northwestern Morocco)
- Ecosystem services provided by inland aquatic ecosystems in North Africa: the case of the Sebou basin (Morocco)
- Biodiversity, Change, and Use of Moroccan Wetlands
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of endemic macroinvertebrates in the Martil Basin (Morocco): Responses to hydroclimatic variability and anthropogenic disturbances
- Conservation of freshwater biodiversity in North Africa under future climate and land-cover changes
- The Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) of Morocco with a redescription of Hydrochus cf. obtusicollis Fairmaire, 1877
- Foraging trail traffic rules: a new study method of trajectories of the harvester ants
- New Data on Biodiversity and Chorology of Aquatic Insects of Tazekka National Park (Middle Atlas, Morocco) II: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera
- Management Practices Boosting Ecosystem Services
- Pests and Diseases and the Main Control Strategies
- Pedoclimate and Landscape Conditions of the Moroccan Olive Groves
- Towards the identification of hotspots of freshwater biodiversity in North-Western Africa: A case study using species distribution models for water beetles in Morocco
- Efficiency of foraging behavior in the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in response to food distribution
- Short-Term Responses of Aquatic Ecosystem and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages to Rehabilitation Actions in Martil River (North-Western Morocco)
- New Data on Biodiversity and Chorology of Aquatic Insects of Tazekka National Park (Middle Atlas, Morocco) I: Odonata, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera
- Dos nuevas hormigas huésped de la especie de escarabajo mirmecófilo Thorictus buigasi Escalera, 1923 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Thorictinae) en Marruecos
- A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco
- Phylotranscriptomics interrogation uncovers a complex evolutionary history for the planarian genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in the Western Mediterranean
- Checklist of Moroccan aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844). New records and updates
- Updating the presence, distribution and chorology of Moroccan Dryopoidea (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Dryopidae)
- The expansion continues: Girardia arrives in Africa. First record of Girardia sinensis (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola, Dugesiidae) in Morocco
- Potamophilus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1792): distribution update in North Africa confirmed by COI barcoding sequencing (Coleoptera, Elmidae)
- Threatened endemic water beetles from Morocco
- Evolution of the benthic communities in a north-African river, the upper Sebou (middle atlas-Morocco) between 1981 and 2017: effects of global changes
- Annotated checklist of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Hydrophilidae) of Morocco
- An updated checklist of Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Hygrobiidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Morocco, with notes on chorology
- Nuevos datos sobre la biodiversidad y corología de insectos acuáticos (Odonata, Coleoptera y Hemiptera) de la cuenca del río Martil (noroeste de Marruecos)
- Biometric differences between several populations of Cordulegaster boltonii (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) in Ibero-Maghrebian area
- Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases
- Biodiversity and chorology of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Hydraenidae) in Kabylia (central-north Algeria). New records and updates
- Evaluating anthropogenic impacts on naturally stressed ecosystems: Revisiting river classifications and biomonitoring metrics along salinity gradients
- New Data on the Aquatic Insect Fauna of Tunisia
- Biometrics of exuviae ofCordulegaster boltonii algiricaMorton, 1916 (Odonata: Cordulegastridae)
- Local extinctions and range contraction of the endangeredCoenagrion mercurialein North Africa
- Faible niveau d’agressivité intraspécifique chez les colonies d’Anochetus ghilianii (Spinola, 1851) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) au Rif occidental (Nord-Ouest du Maroc)
- Étude de la qualité physicochimique et microbiologique de deux réseaux hydrographiques nord marocains : Laou et Tahaddart
- Analyse de la vulnérabilité des coléoptères aquatiques dans la rive sud méditerranéenne: cas du Rif Marocain
- Using community and population approaches to understand how contemporary and historical factors have shaped species distribution in river ecosystems
- Coléoptères aquatiques Adephaga de la chaîne rifaine marocaine (Coleoptera Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Hygrobiidae, Dytiscidae)
- Limnebius kamali sp. n. from Northern Morocco (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
Publication venues
- Zootaxa × 5
- The Catalogue of Life × 4
- Aquatic Insects × 4
- Transactions of the American Entomological Society × 3
- Landscape series × 3
- European Journal of Entomology × 2
Publications per year
- 202611
- 20252
- 20247
- 20235
- 20226
- 20215
- 20202
- 20191
- 20183
- 20152
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University · Chouaib Doukkali University · Mohammed V University · Scientific Institute of Rabat · École Normale Supérieure de Tétouan
Co-authors
- Majida El Alami
- Ahmed Taheri
- Loubna Benamar
- Mustapha Hassoun
- Brahim Chergui
- Mohamed El Haissoufi
- Achraf Guellaf
- Abla Belhaj
- Kawtar Kettani
- Sanae Errochdi
- Kaoutar Belahcen
- Abderrahmane El Boukhrissi
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