a Frontiers of Biogeography 2021, 13.1, e47727 Frontiers of Biogeography MONOGRAPH the scientific journal of the International Biogeography Society A comprehensive monograph on the ecology and distribution of the House bunting (Emberiza sahari) in Algeria Abdelwahab Chedad1,2 , Djamel Bendjoudi3 , Brahim Beladis2,4 , Omar Guezoul2,4 , and Haroun Chenchouni5,6* 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Kasdi Merbah - Ouargla, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria; 2 Laboratoire BioRessources Sahariennes: Préservation et Valorisation, University of Kasdi Merbah - Ouargla, 30000 Ouargla Algeria; 3 Laboratory of Biotechnology, Environment and Health, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Blida 1, 09000 Blida, Algeria; 4 Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University Kasdi Merbah - Ouargla, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria; 5 Department of Natural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, University of Tebessa, 12002 Tebessa, Algeria; 6 Laboratory of Natural Resources and Management of Sensitive Environments ‘RNAMS’, University of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 04000 Oum-El-Bouaghi, Algeria. *Corresponding author: Chenchouni, H.: Tel: +213-779-462-990:
[email protected] Abstract Highlights The House bunting (Emberiza sahari Levaillant, 1850) is a human • This study represents a comprehensive monograph commensal passerine bird species, characteristic of urban environments in the Sahara Desert of Algeria. Its distribution in on House Bunting ecology in North Africa, which Algeria, with particular emphasis in Ghardaïa, was investigated deepens the understanding of distribution and using two sampling methods: progressive frequency sampling breeding management of the species in dryland and point abundance index, with ecological field data collected urban environments.