Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 10, No. 1, 2020

Systematic Study of Arid Territories

Evolution of Agricultural Technologies: from “Gray” to “Green”

E. M. Gusev p. 1  abstract

Landscape Approach to the Modeling of Land-Cover Dynamics with Remote Methods

T. I. Kharitonova and N. V. Surkov p. 10  abstract

Population and Community Structure Pattern of Juniperous polycarpos K. Koch with Climate Change Effect in the Cold Desert Trans Himalayan Region, India

A. Singh and S. S. Samant p. 17  abstract

Timing and Causes of the Origin of the Solonetz Process in the Desert–Steppe Soils of the Southeastern Russian Plain

A. V. Borisov and A. O. Alekseev p. 27  abstract

Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Preserved Sections of Steppes as the Basis for the Future Ecological Framework of Belgorod Oblast

A. A. Tishkov, E. A. Belonovskaya, N. I. Zolotukhin, S. V. Titova, N. G. Tsarevskaya, and Yu. G. Chendev p. 36  abstract

Changes in the Flora Composition of the Volga–Akhtuba Floodplain after Regulation of the Flow of Volga River

V. B. Golub, A. V. Chuvashov, V. V. Bondareva, K. A. Gerasimova, and L. F. Nikolaichuk p. 44  abstract

Meliorative Efficiency of Shrub Coulisses in Arid Pastures of Southern Russia

N. V. Tyutyuma, G. K. Bulakhtina, A. V. Kudryashov, and N. I. Kudryashova p. 52  abstract

Soil-Assimilation Potential as a Component of the Soil Passport and the Assimilation Potential of Landscapes

N. M. Ismailov, S. I. Nadzhafova, F. Keyseruchskaya, and A. S. Gasymova p. 58  abstract

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the State of Microbial Communities in Soils of the Steppes of the Volga–Don Interfluve

T. S. Demkina p. 63  abstract

Development of Methodological Approaches for the Assessment of the Status of Irrigated Lands in the South of the European Part of Russia Based on Space-Surveying Materials

I. N. Gorokhova, E. I. Pankova, and I. N. Chursin p. 70  abstract

Halophilic Microbial Communities and Their Biodiversity in the Arid Regions of the Caspian Lowland

E. A. Khalilova, S. Ts. Kotenko, E. A. Islammagomedova, R. Z. Gasanov, A. A. Abakarova, and D. A. Aliverdiyeva p. 79  abstract