Contents

Arid Ecosystems

Vol. 15, No. 4, 2025

SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF ARID TERRITORIES

The Impact of Fires on the Composition and Structure of the Flora of Steppe Meadows of the Khanka Lowland (Primorskii Krai, Russia)

E. A. Marchuk, A. K. Kvitchenko, L. A. Zalyautdinova, E. G. Egidarev, and S. A. Benkovsky p. 435  abstract

Dendrochronological Reconstruction of Waterlogging of Birch Forests in Steppe Watersheds in Southern Omsk Oblast

S. P. Arefyev p. 445  abstract

Development of “Methods for Assessing Hydrogen Disturbances in Terrestrial Ecosystems and Landscapes” As a Result of Combined Anthropogenic (Hydrotechnical) and Natural (Climatic–Hydrological) Impacts

Zh. V. Kuz’mina, S. E. Treshkin, and T. Yu. Karimova p. 453  abstract

Wormwood Biodiversity Nodes of the Baikal Area of Siberia

S. V. Zhigzhitzhapova, B. B. Namzalov, Zh. B. Alymbaeva, M. A. Zharnikova, D. V. Sandanov, S. A. Kholboeva, and A. A. Korobkov p. 461  abstract

Accumulation of Migration Stocks of Atmospheric Precipitation in the Soils of the Arid Regime of the Caspian Lowland

Z. G. Zalibekov and U. M. Galimova p. 469  abstract

Soil Mapping in Unproductive Lands in the Southern Part of the Volga Upland (Volgograd Oblast) Based on Satellite Images

I. N. Gorokhova, L. A. Tarnopolskii, and E. I. Pankova p. 476  abstract

The Wild Camel (Camelus ferus Przewalski, 1878) of Central Asia

A. A. Lushchekina, T. Yu. Karimova, and V. M. Neronov p. 483  abstract

On the Taxonomic Status of Vorontsov’s Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus vorontsovi): Bioacoustic Analysis

O. V. Brandler and A. A. Nikol’skii p. 493  abstract

The Role of Artificial Reservoirs in Kalmykia in Maintaining the Biodiversity of Avifauna of Hydromorphic Ecosystems in the Context of Modern Climate Change and Increasing Anthropogenic Pressure

I. B. Shapovalova, B. I. Ubushaev, and S. S. Ulanova p. 500  abstract

Migration Pathways and Wintering Grounds of Young Black Kites (Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)) from the Central European Part of Russia

A. V. Sharikov, O. A. Vartanyants, S. V. Volkov, and O. S. Grinchenko p. 509  abstract

The Species Diversity of Endophytic Fungi in Xerophytes Growing on Dry Territories of Southern Russia

P. A. Kuzmin, P. A. Krylov, and V. O. Malov p. 517  abstract

Soil Microbiota of the Humus Cycle in Gray Soils of Ravine Oak Forests of the Steppe Zone

L. A. Alaeva, I. V. Cherepukhina, T. A. Devyatova, and I. V. Rumyantseva p. 523  abstract

INDUSTRY PROBLEMS OF DRY LANDS DEVELOPMENT

Problems of Optimizing the Structure of the Agrolandscape of Belgorod Oblast for “Carbon-Neutral Farming” and Steppe Protection

A. S. Nekrich, O. E. Sukhoveeva, and A. A. Tishkov p. 532  abstract

Innovative Techniques for Suppression of Deflation and Restoration of Desertified Pasturelands of the Caspian Region by Means of Phyto-Amelioration

A. S. Manaenkov p. 542  abstract

WATER ECOSYSTEMS OF ARID TERRITORIES

Effect of Fluctuations of the Caspian Sea Level on Its Biodiversity and Bioproductivity

A. F. Sokolsky, N. I. Rabazanov, and E. A. Sokolskaya p. 548  abstract