TY  - Data
T1  - Insect fauna and ecology in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
A1  - Documentation Information Center
DO  - 10.12389/ariddc.02070
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026-09-17
PB  - Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
AB  - During 1951-1953, the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic jointly conducted route surveys and semi-stationary field studies in southwestern Turkmenistan. These investigations were initiated in connection with plans to construct a canal that would divert water from the lower Amu Darya through the Karakum Sands and the Uzboy Valley to irrigate the clay deserts of southwestern Turkmenistan.The Academy of Sciences of the USSR organized extensive multidisciplinary studies (geomorphological, soil, botanical, hydrogeological, meteorological, and others) over a vast territory extending from the lower Amu Darya and the Aral Sea in the north to the Atrek River Valley in the south, and from the Caspian coast in the west to the western slopes of the Kopet Dag Mountains in the east. Zoological investigations formed part of this integrated research program, but owing to their specific nature were carried out largely according to a specialized plan. The principal zoological objectives were as follows:To obtain a general understanding of the fauna of the region, which had previously been studied only very inadequately.To reveal the ecological relationships of mammals and insects with the principal soil types and geobotanical communities.To study mammals and insects damaging sand-fixing woody and shrub species as well as pasture vegetation.To investigate the arboreal insect fauna of the western Kopet Dag Mountains and the irrigated zone of the Sumbar River Valley, together with their feeding relationships.To collect life-history data on a number of abundant insect species.To study the beneficial activities of pollinating insects and certain natural enemies, as well as the soil-forming activities of woodlice, termites, and ants.To address these objectives, a route expedition was organized in 1951 and surveyed most of the study area, collecting preliminary faunal ma
DB  - EGIDC
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