1. Functional-ecological role of biological diversity in populations and communities

   • F. V. Kryazhimskii
   • V. N. Bolshakov

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 383 - 389

2. The concept of ecosystem health in water quality assessment and rating of anthropogenic loads

   • T. I. Moiseenko

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 390 - 397

3. Effect of forest fires on the avifauna of the Northern Amur Region

   • V. A. Kolbin

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 398 - 404

4. Interannual changes in the fauna of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta, Odonata) in the Southern Urals

   • O. N. Popova
   • A. Yu. Kharitonov

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 405 - 413

5. Body condition and reproductive characteristics of female water voles (Arvicola terrestris L.)

   • V. I. Evsikov
   • G. G. Nazarova
   • V. Yu. Muzyka

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 414 - 417

6. Specific features of bird community formation depending on the degree of anthropogenic impact

   • A. P. Galanina

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 418 - 424

7. Population structure and dynamics of Monotarsobius curtipes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) at the northern periphery of the species range

   • I. V. Zenkova
   • D. A. Petrashova

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 425 - 431

8. Multifractal analysis of the species structure of small-mammal communities in the Nizhni Novgorod Region of the Volga Basin

   • D. B. Gelashvily
   • V. N. Yakimov
   • L. A. Solntsev

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 432 - 437

9. Spatiotemporal distribution of caddis fly larvae Aethaloptera evanescens MacLachlan, 1880 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) in the Selenga River

   • N. V. Bazova
   • A. V. Bazov
   • Z. I. Khazheeva

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 438 - 443

10. Ecology of ground beetles in an industrial city

    • O. V. Semenova

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2008 Pages: 444 - 450

11. Effect of low-intensity γ-irradiation in early ontogeny on the structure and function of the bank vole adrenal cortex

    • N. M. Bykhovets

    Short Communications 09 November 2008 Pages: 451 - 453

12. Ant assemblages of two cities with different ecological conditions in Southern Cisbaikalia

    • I. A. Antonov

    Short Communications 09 November 2008 Pages: 454 - 456

13. In memory of academician P.L. Gorchakovskii (1920–2008)

    Chronicle 09 November 2008 Pages: 457 - 457