Contents

Arid Ecosystems

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Vol. 8, No. 2, 2018

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

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Systematic Study of Arid Territories

Regularities of the Formation of Production Resources on Saline Soils of the Terek-Kuma Lowland

Z. G. Zalibekov p. 83  abstract

Comparison of Chestnut Soils of Central Asia with Their Analogs in Other Soil-Geographical Provinces of the Dry-Steppe Zone of the Eurasian Subboreal Belt

E. I. Pankova and G. I. Chernousenko p. 89  abstract

Influences of Physiographic Factors, Vegetation Patterns and Human Impacts on Aeolian Landforms in Arid Environment

R. H. Abd El-Wahab, A. R. Al-Rashed and A. Al-Dousari p. 97  abstract

On the Relic Phenomena and Influence of Volcanic Rocks on Vegetation of Mountain Steppes in Southern Siberia

B. B.-Ts. Namzalov, S. V. Zhigzhitzhapova, T. T. Taisaev, L. D. Radnaeva, S. Ch. Banaeva and M. B.-Ts. Namzalov p. 111  abstract

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Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Creation of Fodder Agrophytocenoses for the Restoration of Degraded Native Pastures and Improvement of their Performance

N. V. Tyutyuma, G. K. Bulakhtina and N. I. Kudryashova p. 122  abstract

Peculiarities of Ecological Conditions for the Formation of Spring Barley Bioproductivity in the Arid Zone of Volgograd Oblast on Lands Exposed to Deflation

A. N. Sarychev p. 129  abstract

Leguminous Plant Productivity under the Dry Conditions of Dagestan

N. Sh. Shuaibova, A. M. Magomedov, Kh. M. Gamzatova and A. D. Khabibov p. 135  abstract

Methodological Aspects of the Estimation of Soil Water Evaporation upon Mulching with Vegetative Remains in Arid Regions

N. A. Shumova p. 140  abstract

Mass Migration of Social Voles (Microtus socialis Pallas, 1773) in the Northwestern Caspian Region

O. M. Bukreeva and G. V. Lidzhi-Garyaeva p. 147  abstract

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