Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 8, No. 1, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Arid Ecosystems ISSN 2079-0961.

Systematic Study of Arid Territories

On the 30th Anniversary of the “General Plan to Combat Desertification of Black Lands and Kizlyar Pastures”

K. N. Kulik, V. I. Petrov, A. S. Rulev, O. Yu. Kosheleva and S. S. Shinkarenko p. 1  abstract

Bioclimatic Subhumid Zone of Russian Plains: Droughts, Desertification, and Land Degradation

A. N. Zolotokrylin, E. A. Cherenkova and T. B. Titkova p. 7  abstract

Environmental Implications of Climate Warming for the Northern Caspian Region

M. K. Sapanov p. 13  abstract

Effect of Aleppo Pine Plantations (Pinus halepensis) on the Transformation of the Semidesert Landscapes of Southeast Israel

S. Sprintsin, M. Shapiro, M. Sprintsin, R. Zaidenberg and E. Denisyuk p. 22  abstract

Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Principles and Features of the Compilation of the Red Data Book of Soils of the Steppe Regions (on Example of the Rostov Oblast)

O. V. Chernova and O. S. Bezuglova p. 28  abstract

Dynamics of Chemical and Microbiological Soil Properties in the Desert–Steppe Zone of the Southeast Russian Plain during the Second Part of the Holocene (4000 BC–XIII century AC)

N. N. Kashirskaya, T. E. Khomutova, T. V. Kuznetsova, N. I. Shishlina and A. V. Borisov p. 38  abstract

Geoecological Problems of Zones of Ore Mining Technogenesis in the North Caucasus

M. R. Uraskulov, I. A. Bogush, V. I. Cherkashin, I. M. Gazaliev and A. R. Yusupov p. 47  abstract

Assessment of the Current State of Vegetation Cover in Khentii aimag of Mongolia

I. N. Safronova, T. Yu. Karimova and L. Jargalsaikhan p. 53  abstract

Effect of Arid Conditions on the Distribution of Poisonous Plants in the Regional Biomes of Russia

T. V. Dikareva, S. M. Malkhazova, V. Yu. Rumyantsev and M. S. Soldatov p. 64  abstract

Rare Mammal Species in Arid and Semiarid Biomes of Russia: Distribution and Protection

L. G. Emelyanova and S. A. Tarasova p. 73  abstract

Impact of Ecological Factors on Fishery-Biological Parameters of Acipenserids under Arid Conditions of a Closed Water Supply Cycle

M. A. Mammaev, M. M. Shikhsabekov, N. I. Rabazanov, M. S. Kurbanov, M. K. Mirzakhanov and R. M. Mammaev p. 78  abstract