About the Authors

Yasmina Maibeche

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University Abderahmane Mira, Bejaia, Algeria

Aissa Moali

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University Abderahmane Mira, Bejaia, Algeria

Nassima Yahi

Affiliation Laboratory of vegetal ecology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Alger, Algeria

Nelly Menard

nelly.menard@univ-rennes1.fr

Affiliation UMR 6553, laboratoire “Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Evolution”, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/University of Rennes 1, Station Biologique de Paimpont, Paimpont, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM YM. Performed the experiments: YM NM. Analyzed the data: YM NM NY. Wrote the paper: NM YM NY AM.