1. Morphological and biological features of plants related to their adaptation to coastal habitats

   • N. M. Voronkova
   • E. V. Burkovskaya
   • O. L. Burundukova

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 1 - 7

2. Tree vegetation of the forest-tundra ecotone in the Western Sayan mountains and climatic trends

   • V. I. Kharuk
   • M. L. Dvinskaya
   • K. J. Ranson

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 8 - 13

3. Intraspecific variation of Oxytropis chankaensis, a Far Eastern Endemic

   • A. B. Kholina
   • S. K. Kholin

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 14 - 20

4. The effect of afforestation on mineralization of soil organic matter

   • O. V. Menyailo

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 21 - 25

5. Populations of orchids at the northern limit of their distribution (Murmansk Oblast): Effect of climate

   • I. V. Blinova

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 26 - 33

6. Population genetic structure of Pinus tabulaeformis in Shanxi Plateau, China

   • Cui Li
   • Baofeng Chai
   • Mengben Wang

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 34 - 40

7. Dynamics of abundance and population structure of sea otters, Enhydra lutris L., on the Commander Archipelago and activity of their migrations between Islands

   • S. V. Zagrebel’nyi
   • V. V. Fomin
   • A. M. Burdin

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 41 - 47

8. The centers of gravity and dynamic types of body shape of terrestrial invertebrates

   • V. P. Pekin
   • B. M. Chichkov

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 48 - 55

9. Has recent climate warming affected the dates of bird arrival to the Il℉men Reserve in the Southern Urals?

   • L. V. Sokolov
   • N. S. Gordienko

   OriginalPaper 18 January 2011 Pages: 56 - 62

10. Specific features of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) growth at the upper limit of its distribution in the Iremel’ mountain range, Southern Urals

    • T. S. Babenko
    • Z. Ya. Nagimov
    • P. A. Moiseev

    Short Communications 18 January 2011 Pages: 63 - 67

11. On the ecology of seed germination in Adonis vernalis L.

    • V. I. Poluyanova
    • E. L. Lyubarskii

    Short Communications 18 January 2011 Pages: 68 - 69

12. The use of molecular genetic methods for identification of mustelid species by analyzing feces

    • V. V. Rozhnov
    • A. L. Morgulis
    • I. G. Meshcherskii

    Short Communications 18 January 2011 Pages: 70 - 72