Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 14, No. 3, 2024

SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF ARID TERRITORIES

Changes in Moisture Supply in the Steppe Zone of the Southern Part of Western Siberia for the Period 1980–2050 According to Scenario Forecasts Based on Global CMIP6 Models

E. Yu. Mordvin, N. M. Pochemin, N. V. Volkov, A. A. Bondarovich, and A. A. Lagutin p. 259  abstract

Trends in the Minimum Winter River Flow on the Territory of the Basin of Lake Sevan

V. G. Margaryan, E. V. Gaidukova, and G. D. Avetisyan p. 269  abstract

Mathematical Models and Degradation Forecast of Arid Soil–Plant Systems

A. N. Salugin, and K. N. Kulik p. 280  abstract

System Analysis of the Functioning of Salt Soils and Features of Their Use in Arid Conditions

Z. G. Zalibekov, S. A. Mamaev, M. E. Kotenko, and P. D. Musalaeva p. 288  abstract

Conservation of Soil Cover of the Steppe in Federal Specially Protected Natural Areas

O. V. Chernova, and A. A. Prisyazhnaya p. 298  abstract

Vegetation of the Sand Massifs of the Northern Gobi Desert

D. Myagmarsuren, E. V. Danzhalova, and D. Bayasgalan p. 307  abstract

Current State of the Cenopopulation of Cynoglossum viridiflorum Pall. Ex. Lehm. in the Karakalpak Part of the Ustyurt Plateau (Uzbekistan)

T. Rakhimova, Kh. F. Shomurodov, B. A. Adilov, N. K. Rakhimova, and V. K. Sharipova p. 316  abstract

Place of Zoological Cadastral Reference Maps in the Biome Concept

L. G. Emelyanova, and A. S. Oboturov p. 324  abstract

Status of Reintroduced Marmot Populations in Two Forest–Steppe Reserves of European Russia

I. V. Zhigarev, and V. Yu. Rumyantsev p. 333  abstract

Populations of Some Species of Birds of the Gull Family (Laridae) on Artificial Reservoirs of the Republic of Kalmykia with Increased Anthropogenic Load

I. B. Shapovalova p. 341  abstract

INDUSTRY PROBLEMS OF DRY LANDS DEVELOPMENT

Forest Melioration and Pasture Management in the Caspian Region

A. S. Manaenkov, and L. P. Rybashlykova p. 356  abstract

Development of Elements of the Technology for Growing Planting Material of Leafless Juzgun in Astrakhan Oblast

N. V. Tyutyuma, G. K. Bulakhtina, and Yu. N. Podoprigorov p. 363  abstract

Problems of Desertification and Dustiness of Atmospheric Air in Arid Cities of the Aral Sea Region

I. S. Shukurov, L. I. Shukurova, and S. P. Marakulina p. 369  abstract

WATER ECOSYSTEMS OF ARID TERRITORIES

Spatiotemporal Regularities of the Background Content of Nutrients in River Water in the Steppe and Forest–Steppe Zones of the Russian Plain

S. V. Dolgov, N. I. Koronkevich, V. O. Shvydky, Yu. Yu. Alentyev, and E. V. Shtamm p. 376  abstract

Characteristic of the Population State in the Southern Invasive Species Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in Ivan’kovskoe Water Reservoir

L. P. Fedorova, D. A. Gvozdarev, and V. O. Polyanin p. 381  abstract

Assessment of the Condition of Lakes in Southeastern Transbaikalia by the Chlorophyll a Content

G. Ts. Tsybekmitova, and N. A. Tashlykova p. 388  abstract