| Boris D. Abaturov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Akhmed B. Biarslanov | Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center of RAS, Makhachkala, Russia |
| Siegmar-Walter Breckle | PhD, University Bielefeld, Department of Ecology, Bielefeld, Germany |
| Vasily I. Cherkashin | Dr. Sci. (Geol.-Min.), Institute of Geology, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala, Russia |
| Aleksandr A. Chibilev | Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), Institute of Steppe, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg, Russia |
| Tatyana V. Dikareva | Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
| Liliya A. Dimeyeva | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Ministry of Education and Science, Almaty, Kazakstan |
| Konstantin B. Gongalsky | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Abuduwaili Jilili | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China |
| Konstantin N. Kulik | Dr. Sci. (Agr.), Federal Scientific Centre of Agroecology, Complex Melioration and Protective Afforestation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Volgograd State University, Volgograd, Russia |
| German S. Kust | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russia |
| Vladimir V. Neronov | Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Kamil Z. Omarov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center of RAS, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala, Russia |
| Leah Orlovskya | Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev, Israel |
| Nukhadi I. Rabazanov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Caspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science, Makhachkala, Russia |
| Eldar A. Rustamov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), National Desert, Flora and Fauna Institute, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Nariman Z. Shamsutdinov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), A.N. Kostyakov All-Union Research Institute of Hydraulic, Engineering and Land Reclamation of RAS, Moscow, Russia |
| Zebri Sh. Shamsutdinov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Federal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and Agro-ecology, Lobnya, Russia |
| Arkady A. Tishkov | Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Tatiana D. Zinchenko | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Togliatti, Russia |
| Igor S. Zonn | Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), Engineering Science and Development Center of Water Industry, Meliorationa and Ecology "Soyuzvosproekt", Moscow, Russia |
