Contents

Russian Journal of Ecology


Vol. 48, No. 1, 2017

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.


Plant Studies on Fluctuating Asymmetry in Russia: Mythology and Methodology

M. V. Kozlov p. 1  abstract

Buffer Boreal Forests as an Evolutionary Phenomenon in the Pacific Ecotone of Northern Eurasia

E. G. Kolomyts p. 10  abstract

The Phenomenon of Forest Invasion to Steppe Areas in the Middle Urals and Its Probable Causes

N. V. Zolotareva and M. P. Zolotarev p. 21  abstract

The Temperature of Underlying Surface in the Arid Zone of Mongolia Ecosystems and the Role of Biota in Its Change

V. P. Dedkov, P. D. Gunin, T. I. Kazantseva and Yu. I. Drobyshev p. 32  abstract

Faunal Diversity and Dynamics of Species Richness and Dominance of Parasite Communities in Age Series of the Perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Zh. N. Dugarov and N. M. Pronin p. 38  abstract

Population of Birds in the Boreal Mountain-Valley Landscape Disturbed by Gold Mining

S. V. Osipov and M. F. Biserov p. 45  abstract

Variability of Quantitative Features of the Head Seismosensory System in European Perch Perca fluviatilis L. under Conditions of Anthropogenic Mineralization of Ponds and Medium-Size Reservoirs

B. G. Kotegov p. 51  abstract

Patterns of the Formation of Bird Population in the Lake-River System of the Asian Subarctic Mountains Based on the Example of the Putorana Plateau

A. A. Romanov and E. V. Melikhova p. 60  abstract

Endogenous Ethanol and Acetaldehyde in the Mechanisms of Adaptation of Small Mammals to Northern Conditions

O. N. Kolosova and B. M. Kershengol’ts p. 68  abstract

Variants of Tooth Mesowear in Microtus Voles as Indicators of Food Hardness and Abrasiveness

Yu. E. Kropacheva, P. A. Sibiryakov, N. G. Smirnov and S. V. Zykov p. 73  abstract

Short Communications

Revising the Ecological Concept of Peripheral Populations

E. V. Ivanter p. 81  abstract

Ecological-Geographical Analysis of Distribution Pattern and Occurrence of Cow-Parsnip (Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden) with Respect to Area Aridity and Its Mapping in European Russia

A. N. Afonin, N. N. Luneva, Yu. S. Li and N. V. Kotsareva p. 86  abstract

The Phenomenon of Multiyear Synchronization of High Population Number of Rodents in Remote Regions of the Urals

N. L. Dobrinskii p. 90  abstract