Vegetation of Central Asia and Environs

Foreword

Preface

1. Spatio-temporal Assessment of Vegetation Trends in the Post-Soviet Central Asia

Olena Dubovyk

2. Drought variability and land degradation in Central Asia: assessment using remote sensing data and drought indices

Dildora Aralova, Jahan Kariyeva, Timur Khujanazarov, Kristina Toderich

3. NDVI-based monitoring a long term vegetation change dynamics in the drylands of Central Asia

Dildora Aralova, Dilshod Gafurov, Kristina Toderich

4. Deforestation - A Continuous Battle: Case Study from Central Asia and Other Countries

Faria Khan, Zaineb Sohail, Tahira Khan, Bukhtawar Fatima, Fatima Malik, Syeda Fatma Hassan Bukhari, Sameen Ruqia Imadi, Alvina Gul

5. Vegetation Classification and Habitat Mapping of Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India

Khursheed Ahmad, Majid Farooq

6. Vegetation  Diversity  of Kashmir and  its  Sustainable  Use

Javaid M. Dad

7. Medicinal  Plants  of  Tajikistan

Farukh Sharopov, William N. Setzer

8. Medicinal Plants of Uzbekistan and Their Traditional Use

Dilfuza Egamberdieva and Dilfuza Jabborova

9. Current State and Prospects for Studies on the Diversity of Medicinal Flora in Kazakhstan

Nadezhda G. Gemejiyeva,  Lyudmila M. Grudzinskaya

10. Medicinally Important Plants of Kazakhstan

Kanat N. Sarsenbayev

11. Causes  and  Impacts  of  Land  Degradation and  Desrtification: Case  Study  from  Kazakhstan

Aigul okbergenova, Gulnara  Nyussupova, Mehmet  Arslan, Shnar  Kairova  Lyazat Kiyassova

12. Assessment of the current plant diversity status in Kazakhstan

Maulken Askarova, Alikhan Medeu, Akhmetkal Medeu, Mehmet Arslan

13. Ecology and Environmental Aspects of  "Makmalzoloto" Gold Mining Area-Kyrgyzstan

Nazgul Imanberdieva, Nazima Chukun kyzy, Zeki Severoglu, Zheenbek Kulenbekov

14. Floodplain forest mapping with Sentinel-2 imagery: Case study of Naryn River, Kyrgyzstan

Akylbek Chymyrov, Florian Betz, Ermek Baibagyshov, Alishir Kurban, Bernd Cyffka, Umut Halik

15. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Diversity of Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve in Kyrgyzstan

Nazgül Imanderdieva, Bazaraliev Imankul, Zeki Severoglu, Volkan Altay, Münir Öztürk

16. Plant Diversity of Ala-Archa National Park in Kyrgyzstan with Emphasis on its Economical Potential

Nazgül Imanberdieva, Zeki Severoglu, Gulbubu Kurmanbekova, Volkan Altay, and Münir Öztürk