Contents

Russian Journal of Ecology

Vol. 49, No. 2, 2018

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.

The Holocene Evolution of Vegetation in the Southeast of the Volga Upland

N. V. Blagoveshchenskaya and I. E. Isaev p. 93  abstract

Genetic Differentiation of the Ural Endemic Gypsophila uralensis (Caryophyllaceae) in Relict Fragments of Its Range in Northwestern European Russia

L. V. Teteryuk, I. F. Chadin, D. M. Shadrin, Ya. I. Pylina and L. V. Puchnina p. 102  abstract

Relationship between Habitat Properties and Composition of Communities in Conifer–Broadleaf Forest

N. G. Belyaeva and T. V. Chernen’kova p. 111  abstract

Analysis of Successional Dynamics of a Sown Meadow using Ramenskii–Grime’s System of Ecological Strategies

A. B. Novakovsky and A. N. Panyukov p. 119  abstract

Concentration of Heavy Metals in Dominant Moss Species as an Indicator of Aerial Technogenic Load

V. Sh. Barkan and I. V. Lyanguzova p. 128  abstract

Periphyton Developed on Artificial Substrates: Effect of Substrate Type and Incubation Depth

Ivana Trbojević, Jelena Jovanović, Dušan Kostić, Slađana Popović, Dragana Predojević, Vesna Karadžić and Gordana Subakov Simić p. 135  abstract

Species and Environmental Diversity of Fish of the Northern Dvina River Basin

A. P. Novoselov p. 143  abstract

New Aspect in Understanding the Biocenotic Role of Domestic Ungulates in the Life of Wolf (Canis lupus L.)

V. V. Kochetkov p. 152  abstract

Comparative Analysis of Variation in Ecological Forms of Altai Osman, Oreoleuciscus potanini (Cyprinidae), in Lakes Ayrag, Khyargas, and Nogon (Western Mongolia)

A. N. Mironovsky, Yu. V. Slyn’ko, A. N. Kasyanov and T. V. Goroshkova p. 160  abstract

Age, Survivorship and Life Expectancy in Near Eastern Fire Salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Abdullah Altunışık p. 166  abstract

Factors Affecting Predator-Prey Distribution in a Protected Area, Tehran, Iran (a Case with Wolves and Wild Sheep)

S. Safavian, A. Alizadeh Shabani, J. Imani Harsini and M. Naderi p. 172  abstract

Short Communications

Phytoplankton of Lake Teletskoye (Altai, Russia): Features of Development and Long-Term Dynamics

E. Yu. Mitrofanova p. 180  abstract

Quantitation of Ergosterol as a Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Biomarker

I. S. Buzin, M. I. Makarov, R. A. Streletskii, V. V. Demin, Yu. A. Zavgorodnyaya and M. N. Maslov p. 186  abstract

Dynamics of Tree Vegetation in Steppificated Areas on the Slopes of the Southern Kraka Massif during the Past 80 Years

P. A. Moiseev, I. K. Gaisin, M. O. Bubnov and O. O. Moiseeva p. 190  abstract

Variation in Morphometric Parameters of Primula sachalinensis Nakai (Primulaceae) on the Maguntan Mud Volcano

K. A. Korznikov p. 196  abstract