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Ground-based and satellite investigation of production of pastures in Kalmykia that vary in degree of vegetation degradation

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Ground survey of the present state of arid ecosystems in the Chernye Zemli State Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, has been performed. The vegetation diversity and the seasonal and year-to-year production of plant communities in reserved areas and pastures are evaluated. Using MODIS and ETM+/Landsat-7 NDVI data products, we have studied areal plant production variation, detected areas that differ in the degree of degradation, and assessed correlations between NDVI values and production in plant communities measured using ground-based methods.

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  1. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetnyi per. 29, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    A. N. Zolotokrylin & T. B. Titkova

  2. Research Institute for Arid Regions, ul. Khomutnikova 111, Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, 358005, Russia

    S. S. Ulanova & N. L. Fedorova

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Zolotokrylin, T.B. Titkova, S.S. Ulanova, N.L. Fedorova, 2013, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2013, Vol. 19, No. 4(57), pp. 32–39.

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Zolotokrylin, A.N., Titkova, T.B., Ulanova, S.S. et al. Ground-based and satellite investigation of production of pastures in Kalmykia that vary in degree of vegetation degradation. Arid Ecosyst 3, 212–219 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096113040136

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