1. Recovery of natural vegetation and ecological functions of pasture ecosystems in arid steppes of the Cisural region

   • A. M. Rusanov

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 243 - 248

2. On the ecology and biology of invasive species Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (Nutt.) Fresen. in the Southern Urals and Cisural region

   • L. M. Abramova
   • S. V. Nurmieva

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 249 - 255

3. Correlations between the contents of volatile compounds in needle samples from Scots pine populations of southern Siberia

   • I. V. Tikhonova
   • A. A. Aniskina
   • S. R. Loskutov

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 256 - 262

4. Effect of snow depth and snow duration on soil N dynamics and microbial activity in the alpine areas of the eastern Tibetan Plateau

   • Hu Xia
   • Yin Peng
   • Wu Ning

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 263 - 268

5. Analysis of the long-term dynamics of bird population in forests of the Ilmen State Reserve, Southern Urals

   • V. D. Zakharov

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 269 - 274

6. Effect of heat stress on morphophysiological characteristics and biochemical parameters of stress response in gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) larvae

   • V. I. Ponomarev
   • G. V. Benkovskaya
   • G. I. Klobukov

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 275 - 281

7. Industrial pollution does not cause an increased incidence of nephropathies in the bank vole

   • Yu. A. Davydova
   • S. V. Mukhacheva

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 282 - 290

8. Features of shorebird nesting in plowed lands of Moscow region in the 1980s to 2000s

   • T. V. Sviridova

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 291 - 296

9. The impact of bacterial larvicidal agent and larvivorous fish on the preimaginal phases of bloodsucking mosquitoes in aquatic ecosystems of Southern Western Siberia

   • V. P. Khodyrev
   • R. V. Babuyeva

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 297 - 302

10. Effect of habitat conditions on proteinase and glycosidase activities in the gut microbiota of crucian carp in a wide range of pH

    • V. V. Kuz’mina
    • G. V. Zolotareva
    • V. A. Sheptitskii

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 303 - 309

11. The structure of bumblebee communities (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus spp.) in some ecosystems of Kunashir Island and Southern Sakhalin (Russian Far East)

    • G. S. Potapov
    • Yu. S. Kolosova
    • I. N. Bolotov

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2014 Pages: 310 - 313

12. Comparison of morphological defences in asexually and sexually reproduced eggs of Daphnia (D. galeata and D. similis) against fish kairomones

    • G. H. La
    • K. H. Chang
    • H. W. Kim

    Brief Communications 15 July 2014 Pages: 314 - 318

13. Ecocenotic positions of purple moor grass, Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench. (Poacea), at the eastern boundary of its range

    • M. P. Tishchenko
    • A. Yu. Korolyuk

    Brief Communications 15 July 2014 Pages: 319 - 321

14. Variation in the diet of American mink, Neovison vison, in water bodies of the Ilmen state reserve

    • N. V. Kiseleva

    Brief Communications 15 July 2014 Pages: 322 - 324