Pizzigalli, Cristian
Silva, Teresa Luísa
Abáigar, Teresa
Bertorelle, Giorgio
Cassinello, Jorge
Brito, José Carlos
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2020.05054.BD, CEECINST/00014/2018/CP1512/CT0001)
FEDER funds through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors – COMPETE (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-008917/028276)
Universidade do Porto
Article History
Received: 6 March 2023
Accepted: 10 July 2023
First Online: 10 August 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Sample collection made under authorisation from the Haut-Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification of Morocco (permit 05/2016), and the Direction Générale des Fôrets of Algeria and of Tunisia (in the frame of collaboration conservation projects between the EEZA and this countries). The Sahara Conservation Fund provided support for sample collection in Niger and Egypt. Analyses were performed at the CITES registered laboratory 13PT0065/S. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval was not requested as no animal was sacrificed, no animal husbandry was needed.