1. Effect of temperature and precipitation on linear increment of Sphagnum fuscum and S. magellanicum in Western Siberia

   • N. P. Kosykh
   • N. G. Koronatova
   • G. Granath

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 203 - 211

2. Refugia for the floristic diversity of Northern Ural dark conifer forests as markers of natural vegetation of the eastern European Taiga

   • N. E. Shevchenko
   • O. V. Smirnova

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 212 - 218

3. Response curves of seventeen woody species to soil factors along a riparian forest in northern Iran

   • Mohammad Naghi Adel
   • Hassan Pourbabaei
   • Ali Salehi

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 219 - 225

4. Pueraria lobata is expanding and endangering in China ecosystems

   • Ai-Ping Wu
   • Ya-Xuan Zhao
   • Wen Zhong

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 226 - 232

5. Quantitative level of research in fish ecology and errors associated with it

   • Yu. S. Reshetnikov
   • V. G. Tereshchenko

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 233 - 239

6. Ecological role of lipids and fatty acids in the early postembryonic development of the daubed shanny, Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries, 1838) from Kongsfjorden, West Spitsbergen in winter

   • S. N. Pekkoeva
   • S. A. Murzina
   • N. N. Nemova

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 240 - 244

7. Effect of ecotone at the boundary of windfall- and fire-damaged forest biocenoses on the abundance of rodents and characteristics of their microhabitats

   • L. E. Lukyanova

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 245 - 250

8. Dependence of individual foraging area on group size in spotted deer Cervus nippon (Temm., 1838) during the period with permanent snow cover

   • M. V. Maslov
   • V. V. Bogatov

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 251 - 255

9. Dynamics of phenotypic traits and intrapopulation processes in great tit (Parus major L.) populations of the Middle Ural

   • A. V. Gilev
   • A. G. Lyakhov
   • I. F. Vurdova

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 256 - 261

10. Phylogenetic diversity scaling in small mammal communities: The example of Nizhny Novgorod region of the Volga Basin

    • B. N. Yakimov
    • D. B. Gelashvili
    • V. S. Bezel’

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 262 - 267

11. Subspecies-specific features of molt in the common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita L.) from Europe and Western Siberia

    • V. N. Ryzhanovsky

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 268 - 274

12. Habitat suitability and potential distribution of Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843) (Sauria: Agamidae) in Iran

    • Naser Sanchooli

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 275 - 279

13. Habitat suitability for the Caucasian frog Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885 (Amphibia:Anura: Ranidae)

    • Masoumeh Najibzadeh
    • Amahad Gharzi
    • Alireza Pesarakloo

    OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 280 - 286

14. The effect of salinity on the reproduction rate of Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W. Smith (Bacillariophyta) clones

    • V. B. Bagmet
    • Sh. R. Abdullin
    • N. A. Davidovich

    Short Communications 24 May 2017 Pages: 287 - 289

15. Effect of hydrological conditions on reproduction rate and population structure of the European water vole, Arvicola amphibius

    • V. I. Evsikov
    • V. Yu. Muzyka
    • M. A. Potapov

    Short Communications 24 May 2017 Pages: 290 - 293

16. The effect of ambient temperature on glucocorticoid level in the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

    • E. A. Ivanov
    • V. V. Rozhnov
    • S. V. Naidenko

    Short Communications 24 May 2017 Pages: 294 - 297

17. Cyclicity in the long-term population dynamics of diving ducks

    • M. A. Selivanova
    • A. I. Mikhant’ev
    • E. L. Erdakov

    Short Communications 24 May 2017 Pages: 298 - 301