Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …

In terrestrial systems, the green wave hypothesis posits that migrating animals can enhance
foraging opportunities by tracking phenological variation in high-quality forage across space …

This review highlights the latest developments associated with the use of the Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in ecology. Over the last decade, the NDVI has proven …

In 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelopes died in 3 weeks in central Kazakhstan. The
proximate cause of death is confirmed as hemorrhagic septicemia caused by the bacterium …

Ecosystem engineering is an innovative concept that recognizes that organisms impact their
environment, and that these changes can be detected over time. Thus, additional datasets …

Impermeable barriers to migration can greatly constrain the set of possible routes and
ranges used by migrating animals. For ungulates, however, many forms of development are …

Logging negatively affects the threatened forest‐dwelling caribou (Rangifer tarandus
caribou) through its positive effects on large predator populations. As recruitment is a key …

Conservation is particularly difficult to implement for “moving targets”, such as migratory
species or landscapes subject to environmental change. Traditional conservation strategies …

In recent decades, Saiga antelope (Saiga t. tatarica) mass die-offs have become more
common. The mass die-off of 2015 in central Kazakhstan, recorded 140,000 individual …

Temperate grasslands have suffered disproportionally from conversion to cropland,
degradation and fragmentation. A large proportion of the world's remaining near-natural …