1. Fundamental avian energetics: 2. The ability of birds to change heat loss and explanation of the mass exponent for basal metabolism in homeothermic animals

   • V. M. Gavrilov

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2012 Pages: 659 - 671

2. Pearl mussels (Bivalvia, Margaritiferidae, Dahurinaia) from the Amur River basin

   • V. V. Bogatov

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2012 Pages: 672 - 675

3. Morphology of genital system and reproductive biology of the arctic calanoid copepod Metridia longa

   • E. A. Ershova
   • K. N. Kosobokova

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2012 Pages: 676 - 683

4. Incisor growth rate in rodents and the record of the entire annual cycle in the incisors of Marmota baibacina centralis

   • G. A. Klevezal
   • D. V. Shchepotkin

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2012 Pages: 684 - 691

5. Some specific morphological and ecological features of the fossil woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799)

   • G. G. Boeskorov

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2012 Pages: 692 - 707

6. Prevalence of seropositivity to pathogens in small carnivores in adjacent areas of Lazovskii Reserve

   • M. S. Goncharuk
   • L. L. Kerley
   • V. V. Rozhnov

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2012 Pages: 708 - 713