Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 8, No. 3, 2018

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

Trends in Livestock Numbers and Spectral Properties of the Pasture Surface: Case Study of the Middle Gobi Aimag of Mongolia

A. N. Zolotokrylin, S. N. Bazha, T. B. Titkova and S.-H. D. Syrtypova p. 153  abstract

Role of Biotic and Abiotic Factors in the Processes of Soil Encrustation on Fallow Lands of the Barguzin Hollow

P. D. Gunin, V. L. Ubugunov, Yu. A. Rupyshev, V. I. Ubugunova, S. N. Bazha, L. D. Balsanova, B. Ts. Baldanov, L. B. Buyantueva, T. M. Harpuhayeva, S. A. Holboeva, I. A. Petukhov and E. G. Tsyrempilov p. 161  abstract

Distribution of Mammals in the Southern Part of European Russia: Historical and Ecological Analysis Based on Materials from the General Land Survey

V. Yu. Rumyantsev, D. A. Khitrov and A. A. Golubinsky p. 173  abstract

Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Study of Morphological and Morphometric Characteristics of Tsimlyansk Reservoir Shores Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and GIS Technologies

A. E. Kosolapov, G. I. Skripka, L. A. Bespalova, O. V. Ivlieva and A. A. Filatov p. 184  abstract

Accumulation of Heavy Metals by Forb Steppe Vegetation According to Long-Term Monitoring Data

T. M. Minkina, S. S. Mandzhieva, V. A. Chaplygin, O. G. Nazarenko, A. Yu. Maksimov, I. V. Zamulina, M. V. Burachevskaya and S. N. Sushkova p. 190  abstract

Botanical Diversity of the Steppe Plains of the Suhbaatar and Dornogovi Aimags (Eastern Mongolia)

I. M. Miklyaeva and D. S. Belyavsky p. 203  abstract

Vegetation Restoration on Reclaimed Soils on the Peri-Yergenian Plain (Republic of Kalmykia)

N. M. Novikova, M. V. Konyushkova and S. S. Ulanova p. 213  abstract

Aquatic Ecosystems

Plankton and Bottom Communities in the Saline Rivers of Lake Elton Basin: Statistical Analysis of Dependences

T. D. Zinchenko, V. K. Shitikov, L. V. Golovatyuk, V. A. Gusakov and V. I. Lazareva p. 225  abstract