1. The 60th anniversary of the equilibrium theory in island biogeography: Problems of testing, results of field studies, and applied importance

   • V. V. Akatov

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 1 - 16

2. Taxonomic theory for nonclassical systematics

   • I. Ya. Pavlinov

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 17 - 26

3. Ecological, functional, and thermodynamic prerequisites and consequences of the origin and development of homoiothermy: A case study of avian energetics

   • V. M. Gavrilov

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 27 - 48

4. Increases in variations in animal behavior induced by autocorrelations

   • V. A. Nepomnyashchikh

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 49 - 56

5. Decorative forms of hamsters of the genus Phodopus (Mammalia, Cricetinae): Analysis of genetic lines distribution and features of hair changes

   • N. Yu. Feoktistova
   • O. F. Chernova
   • I. G. Meshcherskii

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 57 - 72

6. Superspecies complex Cricetulus barabensis sensu lato: Karyotype divergence and interrelation in natural contact zones

   • N. S. Poplavskaya
   • V. S. Lebedev
   • A. V. Surov

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 73 - 83

7. Patterns of morphological variability in reintroduced populations with two beaver subspecies Castor fiber orientoeuropaeus and Castor fiber belorussicus (Castoridae, Rodentia) as an example

   • N. P. Korablev
   • P. N. Korablev

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 84 - 97

8. Main types of respiratory system structure of eggshells in insects and genes participating in their development

   • E. S. Omelina
   • E. M. Baricheva
   • E. V. Fedorova

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2013 Pages: 98 - 107