Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 8, No. 4, 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

Effects of River Control and Climate Changes on the Dynamics of the Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Lower Volga Region

Zh. V. Kuzmina, S. E. Treshkin and S. S. Shinkarenko p. 231  abstract

Landscape Changes during the Pleistocene–Holocene Transition and Range Dynamics of Large Herbivorous Mammals of Northern Asia

I. S. Sheremetev and S. B. Rozenfeld p. 245  abstract

Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Specific Features of Chestnut Soils in the Southern Basins of Siberia

G. D. Chimitdorzhieva and E. V. Tsybikova p. 254  abstract

Patterns of the Formation of Soil Resource Diversity in Delta Ecosystems

D. B. Asgerova, M. Z. Zalibekova, Z. D. Biibolatova, P. A. Abdurashidova, P. A. Batyrmurzaeva and V. A. Zhelnovakova p. 260  abstract

Biological Bases of Forage Plants under the Conditions of Kalmyk Arid Lands

G. E. Nastinova p. 267  abstract

The Current State of Medical Plants of Northern Tien Shan (in the Eastern Part of the Northern Macroslope of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Ridge and Chymyndy-Sai River Basin)

A. Zh. Kendirbaeva, K. T. Shalpykov, N. A. Rogova, A. K. Dolotbakov and N. T. Sadykova p. 273  abstract

A Technique for Assessment of the State of Shore Ornithocomplexes Based on the Example of Artificial Reservoirs of the Dry-Steppe Zone in Southern Russia (Republic of Kalmykia)

I. B. Shapovalova p. 279  abstract

Southern Migration Route and Wintering Grounds of the Common Crane of Dubna Premigratory Gathering

O. S. Grinchenko, T. V. Sviridova and E. I. Il’yashenko p. 286  abstract

Influence of Temperature Stress in Arid Conditions on Protein Degradation Enzymes in Rodent Digestive Organs

P. M. Nurmagomedova, M. M. Abasova and D. N. Dzhanbolatova p. 294  abstract

Water Ecosystems

Anthropogenic Transformation of Kyzyl-Yar Lake in Crimea: Multiyear Research Findings

N. V. Shadrin, V. G. Simonov, E. V. Anufriieva, V. N. Popovichev and N. O. Sirotina p. 299  abstract