1. Trends of anthropogenic transformation of the taxonomic structure of native flora in the southern Volga Uplands

   • M. A. Berezutsky

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 857 - 862

2. Trophic specialization of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the Volga Upland

   • A. O. Bieńkowski
   • M. Ja. Orlova-Bienkowskaja

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 863 - 869

3. Disruption of the vertical distribution of plankton in the tributary mouth of a plains reservoir in the summer period of a hot year

   • S. E. Bolotov
   • A. V. Romanenko
   • A. V. Krylov

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 870 - 874

4. An attempt to analyze phytoplankton dynamics using statistical tests

   • V. B. Golub
   • V. N. Pautova
   • V. I. Nomokonova

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 875 - 881

5. Experimental hydrological studies of processes of failure of beaver dams and pond draining

   • D. E. Klimenko
   • D. N. Eponchintseva

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 882 - 890

6. Interannual changes in the summer zooplankton in the lakes of the Khopyor River flood plain

   • A. V. Krylov

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 891 - 898

7. Environmental aspects of the effect of earthworm (Lumbricidae, Oligochaeta) tropho-metabolic activity on the pH buffering capacity of remediated soil (steppe zone, Ukraine)

   • Y. L. Kul’bachko
   • O. O. Didur
   • O. V. Bezrodnova

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 899 - 904

8. Spatial organization of summer bird assemblages in the Northern Urals

   • S. G. Livanov
   • L. G. Vartapetov
   • N. N. Livanova

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 905 - 910

9. Prospects of using geometric indications of the corolla of the cultural forms of the flowered primrose Primula × polyantha Miller, 1768 (Primulaceae, Magnoliópsida) for bioindication purposes

   • I. N. Markelov
   • D. B. Gelashvili
   • A. A. Nizhegorodtsev

   OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 911 - 916

10. Nesting population structure of larks (Alaudidae, Aves) in typical semidesert habitats of the Caspian Lowland

    • M. L. Oparin
    • M. V. Konyushkova
    • O. A. Ruban

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 917 - 925

11. Metabolic reactions of Apodemus (S.) uralensis (Muridae, Rodentia) to radioactive contamination of the environment depending on the population number dynamics

    • N. A. Orekhova
    • L. N. Rasina

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 926 - 930

12. Spawning migration phenology of the spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus (Pelobatidae, Amphibia) in the valley of the Medveditsa River (Saratov oblast)

    • M. V. Yermokhin
    • V. G. Tabachishin
    • G. A. Ivanov

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 931 - 936

13. State, ecological-coenotic characteristics, and prospects of the silver birch (Betula pendula Roth, Betulaceae, Dicotyledones) forest cultures in steppe afforestation

    • A. I. Zolotukhin
    • M. A. Zanina

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2015 Pages: 937 - 941