Plant Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Populus pruinosa Schrenk (Salicaceae) Floodplain Forests in Kazakhstan

Populus pruinosa is listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Threatened Species and Data Book Kazakhstan. The habitats species are associated with floodplains desert rivers, including Syr Darya Ili. reduction tugai forests changes hydrological regimes groundwater, fires, grazing. aim this research to advance our knowledge woodlands P. Kazakhstan by analyzing cenoflora forestry characteristics, conducting ecological niche modeling select suitable restoration, identifying rehabilitation strategies. vegetation was studied using traditional methods geobotanic field 2021 2022. Ecological includes calculation all environmental variables that significant species, taken their optimal ranges, intersection favorable conditions. To identify these variables, geographically linked meeting points climatic soil conditions, relief characteristics identified SRTM raster sets (WorldClim), distances watercourses settlements were accepted consideration. A total 102 used.