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The great extension of forests in the Djebel El Ghorra massif of El Kala National Park (north‐eastern Algeria) allowed us to recognise three distinct forest formations: cork oak stands (Quercus suber), zeen oak stands (Quercus canariensis) and mixed oak (Quercus suber and Quercus canariensis) forest. Their peculiarities showed ideal ecological characteristics for the colonisation of corticolous lichens the two phorophytes. The three forest formations were sampled between 2017 and 2022. The identification of the taxa is based on stereo‐microscopic examinations and usual chemical tests. Systematic surveys were conductedand allowed us to establish a list of 141 lichen taxa divided into 30 families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New Algerian wintering areas not previously known to be important for the short-eared owls Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) Algeria has seven resident owl species, including the Pharaoh eagle-owl ( I Bubo ascalaphus i ), the long-eared owl ( I Asio otus i ), the Eurasian scops owl ( I Otus scops i ), the tawny owl ( I Strix aluco i ), the western barn owl ( I Tyto alba i ), the little owl ( I Athene noctua i ) and the short-eared owl ( I Asio flammeus i ) (Ochando, 1986). Short-eared owls are not considered threatened according the IUCN criteria, but with their limited geographic distribution in Algeria, the species is listed as "protected" (JORDAP, 2012). Data collection We searched the wintering areas of short-eared owls throughout Algeria focusing particularly on the zones where the species was observed previously. [Extracted from the article]