Data about the biology and ecology of plants and animals within Southern Tajikistan are found in publications by Severtzov N.A. and M.A.Menzbier (1888-1893); Ivanov (1940, 1969); Dementyev (1935); Ovchinnikov and others (1954); Abdusalyamov (1961, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1977).