Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 14, No. 2, 2024

SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF ARID TERRITORIES

The Role of Climate in Shaping the Modern-Day Evolution of Insular Steppes of Southeastern Siberia

I. E. Trofimova, and A. S. Balybina p. 149  abstract

Using the Methodology of Land Degradation Neutrality to Assess the Territory of the Caspian Region

G. S. Kust, D. S. Shklyaeva, V. A. Lobkovskiy, and O. V. Andreeva p. 159  abstract

Assessment of the Productivity Parameters of Plant Communities in the Steppe Zone of Western Siberia Obtained Using Remote Sensing and Dendrochronological Methods

N. V. Rygalova, T. G. Plutalova, and Ya. V. Martynova p. 169  abstract

The Phytocoenotic Potential of Pastures on the Sand Massifs of the Don Basin

M. V. Vlasenko, and A. K. Kulik p. 177  abstract

Boreal Plant Species within the Kazakh Small Hills: Ecological–Cenotic Characteristics and Distribution Features

Yu. K. Pereverzeva, and N. B. Leonova p. 186  abstract

Hawthorn in the Arid Conditions of Dagestan

M. D. Zalibekov, and A. R. Gabibova p. 196  abstract

Variability of Grassland Forage Resources and Their Division by a Complex of Herbivorous Mammals in the Case of Joint Grazing

B. D. Abaturov p. 202  abstract

The Feature of the Use by the Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides Virgo, Linneaus 1758) the European Part of the Range in the Spring-Summer and the Pre-Migratory Periods

E. I. Ilyashenko, K. D. Kondrakova, E. A. Mudrik, M. Wikelski, Sao Lei, and V. Yu. Ilyashenko p. 209  abstract

INDUSTRY PROBLEMS OF DRY LANDS DEVELOPMENT

Change of Soil Properties in Drainage and Rewetting Conditions in the Steppe Zone of the Southern Urals

I. M. Gabbasova, R. R. Suleymanov, T. T. Garipov, M. A. Komissarov, and A. R. Suleymanov p. 218  abstract

Study of the Impact of Dune Fixation on Land Use in the Semi-arid Stage: Djelfa, Algeria

S. Akkouche p. 227  abstract

Experience and Prospects for Underground Water Development in Oasis Irrigation of Sands in the Western Caspian Region

G. A. Surkhaev, and G. M. Surkhaeva p. 238  abstract

WATER ECOSYSTEMS OF ARID TERRITORIES

Biodiversity of Malacofauna in the Caspian–Manych–Pont System in the Last Interglacial Era

T. A. Yanina, D. V. Semikolennykh, and V. M. Sorokin p. 244  abstract