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Sentil Ahlam

Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie

ORCID
0000-0001-7118-428X
Main Referenced Co-authors
MICHEZ, Denis  (21)
RASMONT, Pierre  (12)
LHOMME, Patrick  (10)
Christmann, Stefanie (8)
REVERTE SAIZ, Sara  (8)
Main Referenced Keywords
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6); Ecology (5); Insect Science (4); wild bees (4); Agronomy and Crop Science (3);
Main Referenced Disciplines
Entomology & pest control (19)
Zoology (16)
Agriculture & agronomy (11)
Environmental sciences & ecology (2)
Computer science (1)

Publications (total 36)

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Reverte saiz, S.* , Miličić, M.* , Ačanski, J., Andrić, A., Aracil, A., Aubert, M., Balzan, M. V., Bartomeus, I., Bogusch, P., Bosch, J., Budrys, E., Cantú-Salazar, L., Castro, S., Cornalba, M., Demeter, I., Devalez, J., Dorchin, A., Dufrêne, E., Đorđević, A., ... Vujić, A.*. (2023). National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity. doi:10.1111/icad.12680 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/46439

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Reverte saiz, S.* , Miličić, M.* , Ačanski, J., Andrić, A., Aracil, A., Aubert, M., Balzan, M. V., Bartomeus, I., Bogusch, P., Bosch, J., Budrys, E., Cantú-Salazar, L., Castro, S., Cornalba, M., Demeter, I., Devalez, J., Dorchin, A., Dufrêne, E., Đorđević, A., ... Vujić, A.*. (2023). National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity. doi:10.1111/icad.12680 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/46439

Sentil, A., Ghisbain, G., Wood, T., Bogusch, P., Dorchin, A., Flaminio, S., Kasparek, M., Kuhlmann, M., Litman, J., Michez, D., Müller, A., Rasmont, P., Rosa, P., Boutaleb Joutei, A., Selis, M., Straka, J., & Lhomme, P. (09 January 2026). An updated checklist of the wild bees of Morocco (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Zootaxa, 5747 (1), 1-77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5747.1.1
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GHISBAIN, G., ROSA, P., BOGUSCH, P., Brau, T., CARION, F., DE MANINCOR, N., DEVALEZ, J., DORCHIN, A., FLAMINIO, S., GREIL, H., HÖLZLER, G., HOPFENMÜLLER, S., KASPAREK, M., KUHLMANN, M., LE DIVELEC, R., LITMAN, J., Maugendre, A., MICHEZ, D., MÜLLER, A., ... REVERTE SAIZ, S. (19 December 2025). The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)—version 2025. Zootaxa, 5736 (1), 1-126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5736.1.1
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Samih, A., Sentil, A., Maatouf Noureddin, Habbaz Hamza, Fougrach Hassan, Hsaine Mohammed, Daniel Pierre Petit, & Latifa Rohi. (2025). Knowledge of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Northwest region of Morocco Conocimiento sobre las abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) en la región noroeste de Marruecos. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología. doi:10.70186/baeeHTBD7118
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Balzan, M. V., De Santis, L., Sentil, A., & Michez, D. (October 2025). Drivers of wild bee abundance and diversity in social-ecological landscapes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 62, 03765. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03765
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Habbaz, H., Samih, A., Sentil, A., Latifa, R., & Maatouf, N. (2025). Checklist of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in the Maamora Cork Oak Forest in NorthWest of Morocco. Indian Journal of Entomology, 693-698. doi:10.55446/ije.2025.2621
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Ait Akka, A., Lafraxo, S., Jawhari, F. Z., Sentil, A., Bourhia, M., Younous, Y. A., Gaafar, A.-R. Z., Bari, A., & Guemmouh, R. (09 September 2025). The associations between floral traits and pollinator groups in two Mediterranean mountainous plant communities in the Middle Atlas of Morocco. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25 (1), 93. doi:10.1186/s12862-025-02403-w
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Skaou, A., Aglagane, A., Er-Rguibi, O., Benkhalifa, H., Sentil, A., LHOMME, P., MICHEZ, D., & El Mouden, E. H. (22 August 2025). New Regional Species Records for the Moroccan Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with a Special Focus on the Marrakesh-Safi Region. Insects, 16 (9), 873. doi:10.3390/insects16090873
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Christmann, S., Bencharki, Y., Sentil, A., Smaili, M. C., Ssymank, A., Tsivelikas, A., & Aw-Hassan, A. (August 2025). Advantages of marketable habitat enhancement plants for pollinator protection notably in low-and middle-income countries. Journal of Environmental Management, 389, 126088. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126088
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Benrezkallah, J., Sentil, A., Michez, D., & de Manincor, N. (2025). Safeguarding-European-wild-pollinators/SafeguardEuropeanWildBee: Spatial data script analysis. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14884373

Benrezkallah, J., de Manincor, N., Sentil, A., Tougeron, K., & Michez, D. (24 May 2025). Développement de workflows en R pour le nettoyage, la validation et la visualisation de données spatiales en écologie [Paper presentation]. 11ème Rencontres R, Mons, Belgium.

Sentil, A., Fiordaliso, W., & Michez, D. (12 January 2025). Relation between honey bee and wild bee communities in Moroccan agro-ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2025 (1).
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Fisogni, A., Piquot, Y., Michez, D., Sentil, A., Franchom, M., Wood, T. J., Flaminio, S., De Tandt, B., Lemaire, S., & Hautekèete, N. (07 January 2025). Biotic homogenization and functional restructuring of bee communities in northern France: implications for conservation priorities. Biodiversity and Conservation, 34 (3), 987-1013. doi:10.1007/s10531-024-03005-6
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Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Benrezkallah, J., Reverte Saiz, S., de Manincor, N., Sentil, A., & Ghisbain, G. (2025). Biogeography of European Bees. In Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees. Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-76742-5_4
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Bencharki, Y., Michez, D., Lhomme, P., Reverte Saiz, S., Ihsane, O., Sentil, A., El Abdouni, I., Hamroud, L., Aw-Hassan, A., Smaili, M. C., Rasmont, P., & Christmann, S. (2025). Insects’ and Farmers’ Responses to Pollinator-Related Habitat Improvement in Small and Large Faba Bean Fields in Morocco. Insects, 16, 1164. doi:10.3390/insects16111164
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Ghisbain, G., Boustani, M., Sentil, A., & Michez, D. (12 December 2024). The new European Red List of bees [Paper presentation]. Benelux Congress of Zoology 2024.

Sentil, A. (2024). مغاربة ونفتخر.. أحلام السنتيل مهندسة دولة اختارت بلدها لتقديم خبرتها. Marrakech, Morocco: Journal Al Intifida.

Sentil, A. (16 November 2024). Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) : a tool to enhance agriculture resilience in the face of climate change [Paper presentation]. Congrès International de Biotechnologies Agricoles.

Sentil, A., Fiordaliso, W., & Michez, D. (2024). Relation between honey bee abundance and wild bee communities in Moroccan agro-ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation. doi:10.1007/s10531-024-02972-0
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Sentil, A. (17 September 2024). The use of habitat crops as habitat plants support wild pollinators in Moroccan farmlands [Paper presentation]. European Congress of Apidology.

Sentil, A. (24 August 2024). Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) as a tool for pollinator conservation in low- and middle-income countries: the case of Morocco [Paper presentation]. International Congress of Entomology.
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Sentil, A., Lhomme, P., Reverte saiz, S., El abdouni, I., Hamroud, L., Ihsane, O., Bencharki, Y., Rollin, O., Rasmont, P., Smaili, M. C., Michez, D., Ssymank, A., & Christmann, S. (August 2024). The pollinator conservation approach “Farming with Alternative Pollinators”: Success and drivers. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 369, 109029. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2024.109029
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Sentil, A. (19 April 2024). Diversité, importance et déclin des pollinisateurs : cas des abeilles [Paper presentation]. conférence.

Sentil, A. (18 March 2024). Les Pollinisateurs : Diversité, Bio-écologie, Importance, Déclin, Stratégies et Outils de Conservation [Paper presentation]. Conférence dans la Faculté Ben M'Sick Casablanca.

Sentil, A., Rosa, P., Dorchin, A., Bogusch, P., Michez, D., & Tourbez, C. (2024). New records of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Morocco. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 97, 513 - 530. doi:10.3897/jhr.97.125408
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Aziz Aitakka, A., Soufiane Lafraxo, Sentil, A., AWHARI, F. Z., ALSAHLI, A. A., MOUKHLISS, M., BOURHIA, M., BARI, A., & GUEMMOUH, R. (2024). Diversity and abundance of flowering plants and pollinator groups in a Mediterranean open canopy cedar forest in Morocco. Applied Ecology and Environment Research.
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Max Kasparek, K., Sentil, A., & Noudjoud, B. (2024). Black bees in the desert: Description of a new species of wool carder bee (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Anthidium) from the northern Sahara with colouration atypical for xeric environments. Contributions to Entomology. doi:10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e125001
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Sentil, A. (2024). The critical role of maintaining the native wild vegetation for pollinator conservation despite the use of habitat plants [Paper presentation]. Student Conference on Conservation Science.

Bencharki, Y., Christmann, S., Lhomme, P., Ihsane, O., Sentil, A., El Abdouni, I., Hamroud, L., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (19 December 2023). 'Farming with alternative pollinators' approach supports diverse and abundant pollinator community in melon fields in a semi-arid landscape. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 38. doi:10.1017/S1742170522000394
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Sentil, A. (19 October 2023). Wild vegetation and Marketable Habitat Enhancement Plants support pollinator diversity in Moroccan farmlands [Paper presentation]. European Congress of Entomology.

Hamroud, L., Lhomme, P., Christmann, S., Sentil, A., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (10 October 2023). Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards (Prunus avium). Journal of Apicultural Research, 62 (5), 1123-1131. doi:10.1080/00218839.2022.2046528
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Sentil, A. (07 February 2023). Wild vegetation and Marketable Habitat Enhancement Plants support pollinator diversity in Moroccan farmlands [Paper presentation]. Ecoflor.

Reverte saiz, S.* , Miličić, M.* , Ačanski, J., Andrić, A., Aracil, A., Aubert, M., Balzan, M. V., Bartomeus, I., Bogusch, P., Bosch, J., Budrys, E., Cantú-Salazar, L., Castro, S., Cornalba, M., Demeter, I., Devalez, J., Dorchin, A., Dufrêne, E., Đorđević, A., ... Vujić, A.*. (2023). National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity. doi:10.1111/icad.12680
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Sentil, A., Reverte saiz, S., Lhomme, P., Bencharki, Y., Rasmont, P., Christmann, S., & Michez, D. (November 2022). Wild vegetation and ‘farming with alternative pollinators’ approach support pollinator diversity in farmland. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (9), 1155 - 1168. doi:10.1111/jen.13060
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El Abdouni, I., Lhomme, P., Christmann, S., Dorchin, A., Sentil, A., Pauly, A., Hamroud, L., Ihsane, O., Reverte saiz, S., Patiny, S., Wood, T. J., Bencharki, Y., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (11 July 2022). Diversity and Relative Abundance of Insect Pollinators in Moroccan Agroecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.866581
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Sentil, A., Wood, T. J., Lhomme, P., Hamroud, L., El Abdouni, I., Ihsane, O., Bencharki, Y., Rasmont, P., Christmann, S., & Michez, D. (24 March 2022). Impact of the “Farming With Alternative Pollinators” Approach on Crop Pollinator Pollen Diet. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.824474
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Sentil, A., Lhomme, P., Michez, D., Reverte Saiz, S., Rasmont, P., & Christmann, S. (28 February 2022). 'Farming with Alternative Pollinators' approach increases pollinator abundance and diversity in faba bean fields. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26, 401-414.
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