TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION, TROPHIC GUILD STRUCTURE, AND BIOECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTOMOFAUNA IN TUGAI RIPARIAN FORESTS OF THE KHOREZM REGION, UZBEKISTAN: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
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Tugai riparian forests represent biogeographically unique and ecologically irreplaceable ecosystems of arid Central Asia, developing along the alluvial floodplains of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya river systems. Shaped by alluvial dynamics, soil salinity gradients, and extreme continental climate, these habitats sustain structurally heterogeneous vegetation communities — dominated by Populus, Salix, Elaeagnus, and Tamarix spp. — that in turn support taxonomically diverse and functionally stratified insect assemblages. The entomofauna of Central Asian tugai ecosystems is distinguished by a high proportion of endemic and habitat-specialist taxa, a direct consequence of the long-term biogeographical isolation and relative ecological stability of these riparian refugia. Despite their ecological importance, quantitative characterization of the tugai entomofauna of the Khorezm region remains largely incomplete, representing a significant gap in regional biodiversity knowledge.
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