Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 15, No. 2, 2025

SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF ARID TERRITORIES

The Geographical Term “Steppe”: Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution

A. A. Tishkov p. 123  abstract

Characteristics of the Wind Regime in the Northwestern Part of the Caspian Sea

I. V. Gontovaya, E. V. Gavrilova, and M. A. Ocheretny p. 131  abstract

Multitemporal Spectral Characteristics of the Open Soil Surface and Mapping of the Organic Matter Content in Plow Horizons

P. V. Koroleva, D. I. Rukhovich, D. G. Borshchev, and A. D. Rukhovich p. 137  abstract

The Global Significance of Temporal-Functioning Properties of Arid Soils at Various Stages of Desertification

Z. G. Zalibekov, M. A. Musaev, and D. B. Asgerova p. 149  abstract

Changes in the Degree of Soil Salinization in the Agrolandscape Under the Influence of Highly Mineralized Groundwater

A. S. Buzueva and D. I. Gubarev p. 159  abstract

Molecular Structure of Humic Acids from Chestnut Soils of Transbaikalia

E. Yu. Milkheev and E. V. Tsybikova p. 166  abstract

Assessment of Organic Carbon Stocks in Arid Degraded Soils of Southern Russia

A. V. Fedotova and V. I. Emelyanenko p. 173  abstract

Arable Dry-Steppe Soils of Western Transbaikalia: Morphology, Soil Properties, Microbial Biomass, and Humic Acids

E. O. Chimitdorzhieva, Ts. D-Ts. Korsunova, and E. V. Tsybikova p. 180  abstract

Floristic Inventory of the Groupings of Pistacia atlantica desf. In the Arid and Semi-arid Zone (DJELFA, Algeria)

R. Bouderbala, L. Kadik, N. Guerrache, I. Souffi, Kh. Douma, and K. Marzoug p. 190  abstract

Communities of Hyperhalophytes Dwarf Semishrubs Formations in the Desert Zone of the North-Western Caspian Lowland

I. A. Goryaev p. 200  abstract

Raising of the Upper Boundary of Picea schrenkiana on the Moldo-Too Ridge Due to Climate Changes

A. Zh. Kendirbaeva, G. T. Kurmanbekova, K. Ch. Chekirov, N. E. Totubaeva, K. T. Solpueva, and N. Omurzakova p. 209  abstract

Taxonomic Analysis of Flora on the Sands of the Don River Valley and Clarification of the List of Rare Species

M. V. Vlasenko p. 216  abstract

Multi-Annual Structure of Cenopopulations of Dracocephalum peregrinum L. in the Steppe Communities of Siberia (Russia)

G. R. Denisova, V. A. Cheremushkina, A. Yu. Astashenkov, and E. B. Talovskaya p. 225  abstract

Diversity of Cyanobacteria and Algae in Erodited Soils of the Fergana Valley (Uzbekistan) According to Light Microscopy Data and High-Throughput Sequencing

Yu. A. Tukhtaboeva, V. V. Redkina, Yu. S. Bukin, and A. D. Temraleeva p. 232  abstract

Rodent Fauna of the Forest–Steppe Zone of European Russia

I. V. Zhigarev and V. Yu. Rumyantsev p. 246  abstract

INDUSTRY PROBLEMS OF DRYLAND DEVELOPMENT

Identification of Sustainable Ecotypes of Haloxylon Aphyllum (Minkw.) Iljin. and the Creation of Seed Plantations

S. N. Kryuchkov, A. S. Solomentseva, and S. A. Egorov p. 258  abstract