Contents

Arid Ecosystems

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Vol. 9, No. 4, 2019

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Systematic Study of Arid Territories

Characteristics of Variability in the Water Consumption by Forest and Meadow Ecosystems of the Arid Region of Central and South Ningxia

Li Jinyan p. 215  abstract

Main Tendencies in the Dynamics of Floodplain Ecosystems and Landscapes of the Lower Reaches of the Syr Darya River under Modern Changing Conditions

Zh. V. Kuz’mina, S. S. Shinkarenko, and D. A. Solodovnikov p. 226  abstract

Spatial Organization of the Vegetation and Landscapes of the Sub-Mediterranean Forest and Woodland Belt on the Abrau Peninsula (Northwestern Caucasus)

M. V. Bocharnikov, M. N. Petrushina, and E. G. Suslova p. 237  abstract

Phytodiversity of Pyrogenic Formations of the Usman Forest (Voronezh Oblast)

A. Ya. Grigor’evskaya, T. A. Devyatova, Yu. S. Gorbunova, and N. A. Sorokina p. 248  abstract

Variations in the Botanical Diversity of Forbs–Bunchgrass Steppes of Eastern Mongolia over an 11-Year Period (2008–2018)

G. N. Ogureeva, L. Zhargalsaikhan, T. Yu. Karimova, and I. M. Miklyaeva p. 257  abstract

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Applied Problems of Arid Land Development

Assessment of Natural Hazards in the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve (Kazakhstan)

E. G. Koroleva, T. V. Dikareva, and V. A. Dikarev p. 264  abstract

Evaluation of the Ecological Status and Loss of Productivity of Arid Pasture Ecosystems of the Sarpa Lowland

M. V. Vlasenko, A. K. Kulik, and A. N. Salugin p. 273  abstract

Features of the Composition of Humus Horizons of Arid Soils in the Barguzin Depression

V. I. Ubugunova, P. D. Gunin, V. L Ubugunov, E. N. Aleskerova, S. N. Bazha, and T. A. Ayushina p. 282  abstract

Reduction in the Numbers of Blood-Sucking Blackflies in Volgograd during the 2018 World Cup as Special Task of Complex Water Resource Management of the Cascade Reservoir System

C. E. Bednaruk, N. A. Dilman, A. V. Mastryukova, and V. V. Chukanov p. 292  abstract

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