{"product_id":"biogeography-and-ecology-of-turkmenistan-9789401044875","title":"Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eremnants of gene pools of these species. Badghyz Natural Reserve, established in 1941, became a refuge for the last existing population of the Turkmen onager (Equus hemionus onager) and a unique pistachio woodland. A new generation oflocal Turkmen scientists, many of whom were trained by the Russian researchers in the graduate schools of Moscow and Leningrad arose from the 1930s through the 1950s. The Turkmen Academy of Sciences and its journal, Proceedings (including the monthly biological series), served to record the results of diverse biological studies in the republic. While basic science in the Middle Asian republics rather gained from the Russian \"colonial\" influence, natural resources, in contrast, were severely damaged by the Soviet way of handling the economy and social issues. Severe environmental problems have been inherited by the now independent Turkmenistan, including overgrazed desert pastures, deforested mountains, depleted water resources, accumulated pesticides in cotton fields, declining populations of endangered species of animals and plants, and - worst of al- progressing, human-caused desertification (Kharin this volume). In order to approach a solution to these problems, scientists and officials in the republic will need the close attention and help of the international scientific community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`\u003c\/strong\u003e... the work ... occupies a unique place in science.  It offers, for the first time, a thorough glimpse into a fascinating  and important region. The editors and authors should be congratulated  on their monumental effort. Further, the book is well edited, and  includes many interesting plates. It deserves a place in most research  libraries and on the shelves of all who consider themselves to be  desert scholars or who are interested in the Middle East.'\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Arid Environments, 33 (1996)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: One Hundred Years of Natural History  in Turkmenistan;  V. Fet.  2. Landscapes of Turkmenistan;  A.G. Babaev.  3. Climate of Turkmenistan;  N.S.  Orlovsky.  4. Paleogeography of Turkmenistan;  K.I.  Atamuradov.  5. Desertification of the Arid Lands of  Turkmenistan;  N.G. Kharin.  6. Vegetation of the Deserts  of Turkmenistan;  I.G. Rustamov.  7. Flora of Kopetdagh;  D. Kurbanov. 8. Kopetdagh-Khorassan Flora: Regional  Features of Central Kopetdagh; G.L. Kamakhina.  9.  Vegetation of Southwest Kopetdagh;  G.N. Fet. 10. Trees,  Shrubs, and Semishrubs in the Mountains of Turkmenistan; K.P.  Popov.  11. Ecosystem Structure of Subtropical Arid Pistachio  Woodlands in Southern Turkmenistan;  R.I. Zlotin.  12.  Biogeographic Position of Khorassan-Kopetdagh;  V. Fet.  13. Vertebrates in the Red Data Book of Turkmenistan;  A.K.  Rustamov, O. Sopyev.  14. Ecology of the Bearded Goat  (Capra aegargus  Ersleben, 1777) in Turkmenistan; V.M.  Korshunov.  15. Ecology of Birds in the Karakum Desert;  A.K. Rustamov.  16. Ecological Structure of Bird  Population in the Transcaspian Region: Cartographic Analysis and  Problems of Conservation;  E.A. Rustamov.  17. Kidney  Structure and its Role in Osmoregulation in Desert Birds;  M.A.  Amanova.  18. On the Evolution of the Pheasant (Phasianus  colchicus L.) in Middle Asia;  A.V. Solokha.  19.  Zoogeographic Analysis of Reptiles of Turkmenistan; N.N.  Shcherbak.  20. Reptiles of Kopetdagh;  Ch. Ataev, A.K.  Rustamov, S. Shammakov.  21. Geographic Variability of  Phrynocephalus rossikowi Nik. (Reptilia: Agamidae) in  Turkmenistan and Adjacent Regions;  M.L. Golubev, V.V. Manilo, A.A.  Tokar.  22. Formation of Fish Populations in the Artificial  Water Bodies of Turkmenistan (the Amudarya River Drainage;  V.B.  Salnikov.  23. Arthropods Inhabiting Rodent Burrows in the  Karakum Desert;  V.A. Krivokhatsky.  24. Zoogeography of  Coleoptera in Turkmenistan;  O.L. Kryzhanovsky, K.I.  Atamuradov.  25. Zoogeography and Ecology of Buprestids  (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Kopetdagh and the Adjacent Regions of  Southern Turkmenistan;  M.G. Volkovich, A.V. Alexeev.  26.  Fauna, Zoogeography, and Ecology of Orthoptera of Turkmenistan;  T.  Tokgaev.  27. Encyrtid Wasps of Turkmenistan (Hymenoptera:  Encyrtidae);  S.N. Myartseva.  28. Zoogeography and  Ecological Aspects of the Formation of Horse Fly Fauna (Diptera:  Tabanidae) in Turkmenistan;  R.V. Andreeva.  29.  Anti-Lions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of Turkmenistan;  V.A.  Krivokhatsky.  30. Fauna and Zoogeography of Spiders  (Arachnida: Aranei) of Turkmenistan;  K.G. Michailov, V. Fet.  31. Fauna and Zoogeography of Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones)  in Turkmenistan;  V. Fet.  32. Zoogeography of  Molluscs of Turkmenistan;  Ya.I. Starobogatov. Index.","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772198388055,"sku":"9789401044875","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789401044875.jpg?v=1758730614","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/biogeography-and-ecology-of-turkmenistan-9789401044875","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}