1. A Rationale for a Regional Network of Ecologically Valuable Areas

   • O. A. Zhigal'skii
   • M. A. Magomedova
   • L. M. Morozova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

2. Prospects for Conserving and Restoring the Properties and Ecological Functions of Arable Soils

   • A. M. Rusanov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 15

3. Patterns of Overgrowing in Different Water Bodies

   • V. G. Papchenkov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 19

4. Species Composition and Ecological Characteristic of Algae from the Cooling Reservoir of the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant

   • M. I. Yarushina
   • V. P. Guseva
   • M. Ya. Chebotina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 26

5. Structure and Differentiation of Spruce Populations in Eastern Europe and Western Siberia

   • P. P. Popov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 33

6. Analysis of the Relationship between Soil and Vegetation in Forest Biogeocenoses by the Principal Component Method

   • S. V. Koptsik
   • G. N. Koptsik
   • M. G. Vakhrameeva

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 42

7. Dynamics of Steppe Vegetation under the Effect of Grazing by Different Farm Animals

   • U. B. Yunusbaev
   • L. B. Musina
   • Ya. T. Suyundukov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 47

8. Current Contents of ⁹⁰Sr and ¹³⁷Cs in the Moss–Lichen Cover of Piedmont and Mountain Landscapes of the Northern Urals

   • M. G. Nifontova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 51

9. Effects of Soil Hydrothermal Conditions on the Complexes of Soil Invertebrates in Coniferous and Deciduous Forest Cultures

   • I. N. Bezkorovainaya
   • G. I. Yashikhin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 58

10. Techniques for Reconstructing Data on Flowering

    • M. Fornaciari
    • F. Orlandi
    • B. Romano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 62

11. Multielement Analysis of Bone Tissue in Grouse (Tetraonidae) from the Middle Urals

    • V. S. Bezel'
    • E. A. Bel'skii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 62 - 65

12. Specific Features of Cesium Accumulation by Rhodococcus ruber Cells Growing on n-Hexadecane

    • T. A. Peshkur
    • I. B. Ivshina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 68

13. Accumulation and Migration of Trace Elements along Trophic Chains in Ecosystems of the Chatkal Biosphere Reserve (the Western Tien Shan, Uzbekistan)

    • A. A. Blakbern

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 72