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Remote indicators of desertification

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Russia faces significant and complex problems associated with desertification in the south of the country. Global climate changes may lead to further desiccation of the affected lands. A system of geobotanical, soil, and remote indicators for assessing desertification is proposed.

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  1. Williams All-Russian Fodder Research Institute, ul. Nauchnyi Gorodok 1, Lobnya, Moscow oblast, 141055, Russia

    I. A. Trofimov, L. S. Trofimova & E. P. Yakovleva

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Trofimov, L.S. Trofimova, E.P. Yakovleva, 2015, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 1(62), pp. 36–40.

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Trofimov, I.A., Trofimova, L.S. & Yakovleva, E.P. Remote indicators of desertification. Arid Ecosyst 5, 24–27 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096115010102

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