Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 7, No. 2, 2017

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

Regional Distribution Patterns of Soils in Delta Ecosystems and Their Potential Use on Different Continents

Z. G. Zalibekov, A. B. Biarslanov, S. A. Mamaev, D. B. Asgerova, U. M. Galimova, and M. S. Sultankhamedov p. 73  abstract

Gypsification Processes and Porosity Changes in Soils from Southern Iran (Jooyom Region-Fars Province)

Sahar Fazeli, Ali Abtahi, Rosa M. Poch, and Hakime Abbaslou p. 80  abstract

Utilization of Cosmic Factors by Pasture Phytocenosis on Various Types of Soils in the Northwestern Caspian Sea Region

G. N. Hasanov, T. A. Asvarova, M. K. Gadzhiev, Z. N. Ahmedova, A. S. Abdulaeva, and R. R. Bashirov p. 92  abstract

Geoinformation System of Assessment of the Susceptibility of Arid Area Landscapes in the Terek-Kuma Lowland to Pollution

I. M. Gazaliev, I. A. Idrisov, and A. M. Achmedov p. 97  abstract

Structures of Small Mammal Populations and Communities in Steppe Ecosystems of the Caspian Northwest Coastal Area and Eastern Mongolia

K. Z. Omarov p. 103  abstract

Applied Problems of Arid Lands Development

On the Conditions of Maintaining the Ecological Balance on Gas and Oil Fields

M.-P. B. Aytekov p. 108  abstract

Effect of the Elemental Composition of Soils on the Reproductive Organs of Permanent Crops in Relation to the Altitudinal Gradient

O. K. Vlasova and G. G. Magomedov p. 112  abstract

Extremophilic Microbial Communities of Saline Soils and Their Diversity in the Regions of the Caspian Depression

E. A. Khalilova, S. Ts. Kotenko, E. A. Islammagomedova, R. Z. Gasanov, A. A. Abakarova, and D. A. Aliverdieva p. 116  abstract

Comparative Analysis of the Morphometric Signsvariability and Vitality of Two Jurinea ciscaucasica (Sosn.) Iljin Coenopopulations

N. A. Magomedova and A. I. Adjieva p. 121  abstract

The Dynamics of Mobile Iodine Forms in Components of Arid Ecosystems of the Western Caspians

N. T. Gadzhimusieva and A. A. Saidieva p. 125  abstract