1. Ecological cenotic groups of species in Bashkir Trans-Ural steppes in relation to key ecological factors

   • M. V. Lebedeva
   • S. M. Yamalov
   • A. Yu. Korolyuk

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 455 - 463

2. Influence of solar energy and tree-crown closure on the species richness of grasses at the south of forest steppe

   • P. A. Shary
   • L. S. Sharaya
   • S. V. Saksonov

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 464 - 475

3. Radial increment dynamics of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) as an indicator of hydrothermal regime of the Western Transbaikalia forest steppe

   • A. V. Demina
   • L. V. Belokopytova
   • E. A. Babushkina

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 476 - 487

4. Morphological variation of Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783) (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) from the main part of the range and in case of its expansion to the north under climate change conditions

   • E. Yu. Zakharova
   • A. O. Shkurikhin
   • T. S. Oslina

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 488 - 501

5. Completeness of seasonal molting in passerine birds (Aves, Passeriformes) in Northwestern Siberia

   • V. N. Ryzhanovskiy

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 502 - 510

6. Ecological and trophic differentiation of fungal diversity in Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve (Kazakhstan)

   • Y. V. Rakhimova
   • G. A. Nam
   • B. Zh. Yessengulova

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 511 - 523

7. Soil invertebrates and their trophic activity in 40-year-old forest stands

   • I. N. Bezkorovaynaya
   • M. N. Egunova
   • A. A. Taskaeva

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 524 - 533

8. Abundance, biomass, and production of heterotrophic bacteria in a large plain reservoir during the ice-covered period

   • D. B. Kosolapov
   • A. I. Kopylov

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 534 - 545

9. Partitioning of vegetative trophic resources in the rodent community in the Terek-Kuma Lowland in the Republic of Daghestan

   • M. Sh. Magomedov

   OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 546 - 555

10. Impact of silkmoth outbreak on taiga wildfires

    • V. I. Kharuk
    • O. A. Antamoshkina

    OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 556 - 562

11. Dynamics of potentially pathogenic microflora of the water and pike perch in the Volga Delta

    • O. V. Obukhova
    • L. V. Lartseva
    • L. M. Vasilyeva

    OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 563 - 574

12. Variation in NEE and its response to environmental factors in an extremely arid desert wetland ecosystem

    • Q. Q. Gou
    • G. H. Wang
    • J. J. Qu

    OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 575 - 582

13. Evaluation of bioconcentration factors of metals and non-metals in crops and soil from abandoned mines in Korea

    • C. S. Lee
    • A. M. Nzioka
    • J. Sakong

    OriginalPaper 14 October 2017 Pages: 583 - 590