1. The effect of products of the vital activity of semi-aquatic birds on zooplankton in the littoral of small lakes (Oka River basin)

   • D. V. Kulakov
   • V. P. Ivanchev
   • A. V. Krylov

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 789 - 793

2. Methodology of using the floristic structure of afforestation for characterization of biotopes in the steppe zone

   • N. M. Matveev

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 794 - 799

3. Distribution of soil-inhabiting testate amoebae along a mountain slope (Baikal Lake region, Khamar-Daban ridge, Cherskii peak)

   • Yu. A. Mazei
   • O. V. Marfina
   • V. A. Chernyshov

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 800 - 804

4. The state of vegetation during drought and its influence on the hibernation period of yellow ground squirrels (Spermophilus fulvus Licht., 1823) in the Saratov Trans-Volga region

   • V. V. Neronov
   • S. A. Shilova

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 805 - 808

5. On the ecology of striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pall., 1771) in forest-steppes of the chernozem zone: 1. Abundance

   • N. M. Okulova
   • I. A. Duvanova
   • V. F. Drozdova

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 809 - 815

6. Transformation of bird and mammal faunas in steppe ecosystems under the impact of plowing: The example of Saratov steppes

   • M. L. Oparin
   • O. S. Oparina

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 816 - 822

7. Zooplankton of the Bol’shoi Tsivil River (Middle Volga Region) under a changing hydrological mode and an increasing anthropogenic load

   • V. N. Podshivalina

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 823 - 828

8. Interactions of the introduced rotan Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 (Osteichthyes, Odontobutidae) with aboriginal fish species: The parasitological aspect

   • S. G. Sokolov
   • E. N. Protasova
   • E. L. Voropaeva

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 829 - 833

9. Distribution of cryptic shrew species of the genus Sorex (Mammalia) on the plain between the Don and Kuban rivers as inferred by molecular markers

   • V. V. Stakheev
   • A. E. Balakirev
   • V. N. Orlov

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 834 - 838

10. Biotopic distribution, population structure, and some features of small mammal reproduction in Chisinau City

    • I. A. Tikhonov
    • A. I. Muntyanu
    • E. V. Kotenkova

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 839 - 845

11. Hibernation in the Eversman hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni Brandt, 1859) from the Saratov Trans-Volga region

    • M. V. Ushakova
    • N. Yu. Feoktistova
    • A. V. Surov

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 846 - 851

12. Changes in the orthopteran population over plant cover restoration in the fallow lands of the European steppe

    • N. V. Zinenko
    • B. R. Striganova

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 852 - 860

13. Ecocenotic characteristics and dynamics of floodplain oak groves in the Khoper Riverside

    • A. I. Zolotukhin
    • A. A. Ovcharenko
    • A. A. Shapovalova

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 861 - 866