“…It is characterized by a typical Mediterranean climate with a cold winter and a warm summer, giving it a semi-arid to arid bioclimatic stage with a continental shade (Djeddaoui et al 2017, Guesmi et al 2017. The wilaya vegetation cover belongs to the Mediterranean vegetation layer of semi-arid to arid areas characterized by precipitation between 150 mm and 300 mm per year (Khader 2014, Mouissa et al 2018. Pastoralism is the main economic base of the region occupying a population representing 37.7% of the total population of the wilaya of Djelfa (Kanoun 2015).…”