Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)

remnants 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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Monographiae Biologicae, 72
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	1994
Editors:	V. Fet • Khabibulla Atamuradov
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	653
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-9401044875
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Promotions
LSN:	9401044872
Barcode:	9789401044875

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