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Russian Journal of Ecology

Vol. 41, No. 1, 2010

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Ecology ISSN 1067-4136.

Forest Fires Caused by Lightning As an Indicator of Connections between Atmosphere,
Lithosphere, and Biosphere

S. N. Sannikov, A. I. Zakharov, L. G. Smol’nikova, and N. S. Sannikova p. 1  abstract

Effect of Ecotopic Factors and Nature Resource Use on the Diversity
of Forest Communities in Northern Kostroma Oblast

D. L. Lugovaya p. 7  abstract

Assessment of Relationships between Symbionts in Phytoplankton Community

O. V. Bukharin, N. V. Nemtseva, and T. N. Yatsenko-Stepanova p. 15  abstract

Holocene Dynamics of Vegetation and Ecological Conditions
in the Southern Yamal Peninsula According to the Results of Comprehensive Analysis
of a Relict Peat Bog Deposit

N. K. Panova, S. S. Trofimova, T. G. Antipina,
E. V. Zinoviev, A. V. Gilev, and N. G. Erokhin p. 20  abstract

Prospects of Using Mosses (Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.
and Pylaisia polyantha (Hedw.) Bruch et al.) as Indicators
of Environmental Contamination with Heavy Metals

M. V. Gapeeva, A. V. Dolotov, and E. V. Chemeris p. 28  abstract

Distribution of Herbaceous Plants around Nests of Formica aquilonia Yarr.
in a Fragmented Forest Area

N. M. Bugrova and A. V. Karakulov p. 32  abstract

Assessment of Phytomass Changes in an Alpine Geranium–Hedysarum Meadow after
the Removal of Dominants: The Results of a Ten-Year Experiment

A. A. Akhmetzhanova p. 38  abstract

Formation of Aggregated Settlements as an Expression of Synanthropization
of the Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus L.)

A. V. Sharikov, S. V. Volkov, M. N. Ivanov, and V. B. Basova p. 44  abstract

Effects of Ecological Conditions on Lipid Composition of the Liver and Muscles
in the Daubed Shanny, Leptoclinus maculatus

S. A. Murzina, N. N. Nemova, Z. A. Nefedova, and S. Falk-Petersen p. 51  abstract

Feral Horses (Equus caballus) as a Component of Protected Steppe Ecosystems
in the Rostovskii Nature Reserve

Z. G. Prishutova p. 55  abstract

Influence of Different Timing of Fires on the Regrowth of Aboveground Phytomass
in Steppes of the Bashkir Transural Region

U. B. Yunusbaev and K. Kh. Abdulina p. 60  abstract

Intracontinental Spatial Connections of Lesser White-Fronted Geese (Anser erythropus)
from Mountain Subarctic Regions of the Central Palearctic

A. A. Romanov and I. N. Pospelov p. 63  abstract

Relationship between Soil Invertebrate Abundance and Soil Heavy Metal Contents
in the Environs of the Kosogorsky Metallurgical Plant, Tula Oblast

K. B. Gongalsky, Zh. V. Filimonova, and A. S. Zaitsev p.67  abstract

Ecological Aspects of the Dynamics of Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)
Expansion in the Lower Volga Region

E. V. Zav’yalov, G. V. Shlyakhtin, V. G. Tabachishin,
N. N. Yakushev, and E. Yu. Mosolova p. 71  abstract

Forest Structure and Regeneration along the Altitudinal Gradient
in the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

Bhagwan Singh Majila and Chandra Prakash Kala p. 75  abstract

Multivariate Statistical Methods as a Tool for Model-Based Prediction of Vegetation Types

M. A. Zare Chahouki, H. Azarnivand, M. Jafari, and A. Tavili p. 84  abstract

Short Communications

Dynamics of Phytoperiphyton in the Basin of the Piedmont Sylva River, Perm Krai

P. G. Belyaeva p. 95  abstract

Sex-Specific Predation on Two Lizard Species by Kestrels

David Costantini and Giacomo Dell’Omo p. 99  abstract

Effect of Temperature on Blood Parameters of the Salamander
Batrachupems tibetanus (Schmidt, 1925) (Amphibia: Hynobiidae)

Jigang Xia and Xiaochen Li p.102

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