ISSN PRINT: 2079-0961
ISSN ONLINE: 2079-0988

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Prof. Z.G. Zalibekov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Pricaspiyskiy Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, RAS, Russia

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Arid Ecosystems publishes original scientific research articles on desert and semidesert ecosystems and environment:

• systematic studies of arid territories: climate changes, water supply of territories, soils as ecological factors of ecosystems state and dynamics in different scales (from local to global);
• systematic studies of arid ecosystems: composition and structure, diversity, ecology; paleohistory; dynamics under anthropogenic and natural factors impact, including climate changes; studying of bioresources and biodiversity, and development of the mapping methods;
• arid ecosystems protection: development of the theory and methods of degradation prevention and monitoring; desert ecosystems rehabilitation;
• problems of desertification: theoretical and practical issues of modern aridization processes under anthropogenic impact and global climate changes.

The journal was founded in 1995.

Arid Ecosystems is abstracted and/or indexed in:
Google Scholar, Summon by Serial Solutions, OCLC.