{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4391383604","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","title":"ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF STEPPE RANGELANDS IN THE AIN SEFRA REGION (SOUTHWESTERN ALGERIA)","display_name":"ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF STEPPE RANGELANDS IN THE AIN SEFRA REGION (SOUTHWESTERN ALGERIA)","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-11-30","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4391383604","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764699304","display_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development","issn_l":"2066-6276","issn":["2066-6276","2601-5676"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","erih-plus","poland-20"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068628403","display_name":"Naziha Benamara","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Benamara Naziha","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020674984","display_name":"Abdelkrim Benaradj","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6555-6008","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6555-6008"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abdelkrim Benaradj","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053434762","display_name":"Said Bouarfa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-7537","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-7537"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Said Bouarfa","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.2439,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.79207766,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"13","issue":"2","first_page":"255","last_page":"268"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12467","display_name":"Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology","score":0.6937999725341797,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2308","display_name":"Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12467","display_name":"Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology","score":0.6937999725341797,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2308","display_name":"Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10111","display_name":"Remote Sensing in Agriculture","score":0.27219998836517334,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10226","display_name":"Land Use and Ecosystem Services","score":0.006000000052154064,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/steppe-rangelands","display_name":"steppe rangelands","score":0.9860000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rangeland-degradation","display_name":"rangeland degradation","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vegetation-cover-change","display_name":"vegetation cover change","score":0.9359999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overgrazing","display_name":"overgrazing","score":0.753000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drought","display_name":"drought","score":0.9110000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wind-erosion","display_name":"wind erosion","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rangeland-restoration","display_name":"rangeland restoration","score":0.8939999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pastoral-resources","display_name":"pastoral resources","score":0.6489999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-species-richness","display_name":"plant species richness","score":0.6150000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/msavi","display_name":"MSAVI","score":0.781000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/landsat-imagery","display_name":"Landsat imagery","score":0.6079999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ain-sefra","display_name":"Ain Sefra","score":0.9789999723434448}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130989795","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3364870","display_name":"Rangeland","level":2,"score":0.8873063325881958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105895522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123991","display_name":"Steppe","level":2,"score":0.6942739486694336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.5719181299209595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.5311635136604309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54286561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q397350","display_name":"Agroforestry","level":1,"score":0.4284393787384033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97137747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38112","display_name":"Forestry","level":1,"score":0.415812224149704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.41491761803627014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.2316194772720337}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764699304","display_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development","issn_l":"2066-6276","issn":["2066-6276","2601-5676"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","erih-plus","poland-20"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:361a5e7462b241b782128cba942bdddd","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/361a5e7462b241b782128cba942bdddd","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 255-268 (2023)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v13i2.133","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764699304","display_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development","issn_l":"2066-6276","issn":["2066-6276","2601-5676"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","erih-plus","poland-20"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Natural Resources and Sustainable Development","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Life on land","score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15"},{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.5351999998092651,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4376131937","https://openalex.org/W4413286768","https://openalex.org/W2910450612","https://openalex.org/W4399039659","https://openalex.org/W2810552365","https://openalex.org/W2274253342","https://openalex.org/W2244629054","https://openalex.org/W7220193468","https://openalex.org/W4400223223","https://openalex.org/W4417453817"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"research":[1],"was":[2,38],"carried":[3],"out":[4],"in":[5,60,135],"the":[6,32,131],"Ain":[7],"Sefra":[8],"region":[9],"of":[10,70,76,133],"Algeria\u2019s":[11],"southwest.":[12],"Satellite":[13],"data":[14],"monitored":[15],"steppe":[16],"rangelands\u2019":[17],"spatiotemporal":[18],"evolution":[19,69],"and":[20,46,57,84,93,103,118,126],"land":[21],"cover":[22],"dynamics.":[23],"A":[24],"diachronic":[25],"analysis":[26],"based":[27],"on":[28],"supervised":[29],"classification":[30],"using":[31],"modified":[33],"soil-adjusted":[34],"vegetation":[35,61,71,134],"index":[36,128],"(MSAVI2)":[37],"applied.":[39],"Two":[40],"Landsat":[41],"satellite":[42],"images":[43],"(ETM+":[44],"2000":[45],"OLI":[47],"2022)":[48],"taken":[49],"at":[50],"22-year":[51],"intervals":[52],"were":[53],"used":[54],"to":[55,66,91,110,137],"map":[56],"assess":[58],"changes":[59],"cover.":[62,72],"The":[63,73],"findings":[64],"point":[65],"a":[67,89,114,124],"regressive":[68],"main":[74],"causes":[75],"severe":[77],"rangeland":[78],"degradation":[79],"are":[80],"overgrazing,":[81],"prolonged":[82],"drought,":[83],"wind":[85],"erosion.":[86],"However,":[87],"implementing":[88],"strategy":[90],"rehabilitate":[92],"conserve":[94],"pastoral":[95],"resources":[96],"has":[97,107],"positively":[98],"impacted":[99],"species\u2019":[100],"biological":[101],"recovery":[102],"flora":[104],"richness.":[105],"Geomatics":[106],"significantly":[108],"contributed":[109],"this":[111],"study":[112],"as":[113],"tool":[115],"for":[116,129],"assessing":[117,130],"monitoring":[119],"natural":[120],"resources.":[121],"MSAVI2":[122],"is":[123],"dependable":[125],"effective":[127],"state":[132],"arid":[136],"semi-arid":[138],"regions.":[139]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2024-02-01T00:00:00"}