“…Adverse climatic developments such as interannual variability of rainfall, decreasing rainfall, increasing temperature and frequent droughts, have had serious consequences on rangelands (Bensmira et al, 2020): progressive desertification, with a significant regression and impoverishment of the vegetation cover, as well as an alteration of the floristic composition, due to drought, overgrazing and accelerated clearing (Chaouch Khouane et al, 2018). Many studies have been carried out in North African countries on the vulnerability of pastoral ecosystems to climate change and on adaptation strategies for their improvement.…”