Publications

Boukhdoud L, Saliba C, Parker LD, McInerney NR, Kahale R, Saliba I, Maldonado JE, Kharrat MBD (2021). Using DNA metabarcoding to decipher the diet plant component of mammals from the Eastern Mediterranean region. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5: e70107. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.5.70107.

Boukhdoud, L., Saliba, C., Kahale, R. and Bou Dagher Kharrat, M., 2021. Tracking mammals in a Lebanese protected area using environmental DNA‐based approach. Environmental DNA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.183

Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L.D., Mcinerney, N.R., Saliba, C., Kahale, R., Cross, H., Matisoo-Smith, E., Maldonado, J.E. and Bou Dagher Kharrat, M., 2021. First mitochondrial genome of the Caucasian squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(3), pp.883-885. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1886012

Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L.D., McInerney, N.R., Saliba, C., Kahale, R., Maldonado, J.E. and Bou Dagher Kharrat, M., 2021. First mitochondrial genome of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon (Carnivora, Herpestidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(2), pp.624-626. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1875927 

Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L.D., Mcinerney, N.R., Saliba, C., Kahale, R., Cross, H., Matisoo-Smith, E., Maldonado, J.E. and Bou Dagher Kharrat, M., 2021. First mitochondrial genome of the marbled polecat Vormela peregusna (Carnivora, Mustelidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(3), pp.1009-1011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1894997

Saliba, C., Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L.D., Rotzel McInerney, N., Ishak Mouawad, G., Kharrat, M., Kahale, R., Chahine, T., Maldonado, J.E. and Bou Dagher-Kharrat, M., 2020. First DNA sequence reference library for mammals and plants of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Genome, 64(1), pp.39-49. DOI: 10.1139/gen-2019-0194

Fenu, G., Calderisi, G., Boršić, I. et al. Translocations of threatened plants in the Mediterranean Basin: current status and future directions. Plant Ecol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01303-7

Forest Ecological Restoration. Illustrated manual for best practices on Lebanon

Biodiversity and Artifical Intelligence-Opportunities & Recommendations for Action. GPAI. November 2022

Douaihy, B., Saliba, C., Stephan, J., Simeone, M.C., Cardoni, S., Farhat, P. and Bou Dagher Kharrat, M., 2020. Tracking diversity and evolutionary pathways of Lebanese oak taxa through plastome analyses. Botany Letters, 167(3), pp.315-330.

Scat Raiders Unravel Animal-Plant Interactions in Lebanon Using DNA Barcoding Tools, April 2019, iBOL Barcode Bulletin 9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21083/ibol.v9i1.5489

Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Marie Rose Samia, Carole Saliba. Phoenicians and their natural resources. La Revue Phénicienne – Spécial 100 ans, ISBN: 978-2-913875-67-8

Kahale, Rhea and El Zein Hicham. “First comprehensive IUCN Red List assessment of 100 endemic species of the flora of Lebanon.”