Vol. 13, No. 5, 2020

Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Zoological Indication of Climate Change in the Central Kazakh Steppe Compared to the Middle of the 20th Century Using the Example of Carabid and Tenebrionid Beetles

V. G. Mordkovich, S. A. Khudyaev, R. Yu. Dudko and I. I. Lyubechanskii p. 443 abstract

Spatial Assessment of the Climatic Niche of Daurian Pika

N. G. Borisova, A. I. Starkov, A. V. Lizunova, S. V. Popov and M. A. Erbajeva p. 469 abstract

Distribution of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Zonal–Catena Matrix of the Central Kazakhstan Steppes

L. A. Trilikauskas and I. I. Lyubechanskii p. 484 abstract

Extrazonal Steppe Phenomena in the Mountains of Southern Siberia: Features of Spatial Organization and Centers of the Latest Speciation and Cenogenesis

B. B. Namzalov p. 495 abstract

Patterns of Changes in the Composition of Petrophytic Vegetation in Southern Ural and Adjacent Territories on a Moistening Gradient

A. Yu. Korolyuk, S. M. Yamalov, M. V. Lebedeva, N. V. Zolotareva, N. A. Dulepova and Y. M. Golovanov p. 505 abstract

Halophytic Vegetation in the West Caspian Lowland

I. A. Goryaev and A. P. Korablev p. 514 abstract

Using Data on the Thermal Conditions of Soils for the Differentiation of Vegetation in the Exposure-Related Forest-Steppe of Transbaikalia

O. A. Anenkhonov, D. V. Sandanov, H. Liu, A. Yu. Korolyuk, C. Xu, W. Guo, A. A. Zverev, B. B. Naidanov and D. G. Chimitov p. 522 abstract

Influence of the Systematic Position at the Family Level on the Leaf Functional Traits of Steppe Plants

P. K. Yudina, L. A. Ivanov, D. A. Ronzhina, O. A. Anenkhonov and L. A. Ivanova p. 533 abstract

Detection and Prediction of Water Body and Aquatic Plants Cover Changes of Choghakhor International Wetland, Using Landsat Imagery and the Cellular Automata–Markov Model

Pirali Zefrehei Ahmad Reza, Hedayati Aliakba, Pourmanafi Saeid, Beyraghdar Kashkooli Omid and Ghorbani Rasoul p. 545 abstract

Predictive Mapping of Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Subarid Ecosystems amid Multidirectional Climatic Wetting Trends

D. A. Chupina, I. D. Zolnikov and E. N. Smolentseva p. 556 abstract

Erratum to: Woody and Herbaceous Plants of Inner Asia: Species Richness and Ecogeographic Patterns

D. V. Sandanov, Y. Liu, Z. Wang and A. Yu. Korolyuk p. 567 abstract

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Contemporary Problems of Ecology