Uzbekistan: Rehabilitation of Desert Rangelands Affected by Salinity, to Improve Food Security, Combat Desertification and Maintain the Natural Resource Base - Combating Desertification in Asia, Africa and the Middle East - page 250

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Fig. 13.6 Mapping of dominating (edificators) plant C4 species on the territories of Kyzylkum
desert along a gradient of salinity (1-4 soils of low salinity; 5-8 medium salinity; 9-12 high
salinity)

Plant composition, soil salinity, water table level and pasture yield were quan-
tified in five main ecological zones. The dominating life forms are halophytes
(chamaephytes) in sites of high salinity, and xerophytes (therophytes) in sites of
low salinity. Spatial and temporal variations in the standing crop biomass were
pronounced. The accumulation of green biomass started during spring and reached