Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 10, No. 2, 2020

Systematic Study of Arid Territories

Land Degradation Neutrality: the Modern Approach to Research on Arid Regions at the National Level

G. S. Kust, O. V. Andreeva, and V. A. Lobkovskiy p. 87  abstract

Land Degradation Dynamics in Rostov Oblast

O. S. Bezuglova, O. G. Nazarenko, and I. N. Ilyinskaya p. 93  abstract

Geoinformational Analysis of Desertification of the Northwestern Caspian

K. N. Kulik, V. I. Petrov, V. G. Yuferev, N. A. Tkachenko, and S. S. Shinkarenko p. 98  abstract

Change of Land Use in Altai Krai: Problems and Prospects for the Achievement of Land Degradation Neutrality

D. V. Zolotov, D. V. Chernykh, R. Yu. Biryukov, D. K. Pershin, N. S. Malygina, and A. V. Gribkov p. 106  abstract

Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Arid Ecosystems in the Republic of Buryatia

E. Zh. Garmaev, A. A. Ayurzhanaev, B. Z. Tsydypov, Zh. B. Alymbaeva, B. V. Sodnomov, S. G. Andreev, M. A. Zharnikova, V. S. Batomunkuev, N. Mandakh, T. K. Salikhov, and A. K. Tulokhonov p. 114  abstract

Evaluation and Adaptation of the Land Degradtion Neutrality Approach to Land Classification Resources in the Kyrgyz Republic

T. S. Bobushev and K. E. Sultanaliev p. 123  abstract

Adaptation of International Indicators of Land Degradation Neutrality for the Assessment of Forest Ecosystems in Arid Conditions in Russia

A. V. Ptichnikov and A. A. Martynyuk p. 127  abstract

Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Ecological Problems of Agricultural Land Use in Stavropol Krai

D. A. Shapovalov, P. V. Klyushin, and S. V. Savinova p. 135  abstract

Land Degradation of the Republic of Kalmykia: Problems and Reclamation Methods

E. B. Dedova, B. A. Goldvarg, and N. L. Tsagan-Mandzhiev p. 140  abstract

Climate-Determined Changes of Organic Carbon Stocks in the Arable Chernozem of Kursk Region

O. E. Sukhoveeva, A. N. Zolotukhin, and D. V. Karelin p. 148  abstract

Atmospheric Moisture as a Factor of Land Degradation Neutrality in Forest–Steppe Landscapes

T. M. Kuderina, S. B. Suslova, V. N. Lunin, and A. V. Kudikov p. 156  abstract

Microelementary Composition of Soils and Steppe Phytocoenoses in the Western Transbaikal Region

V. K. Kashin and L. L. Ubugunov p. 161  abstract