Contents

Russian Journal of Ecology

Vol. 48, No. 3, 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.

Effect of Temperature and Precipitation on Linear Increment of Sphagnum fuscum and S. magellanicum in Western Siberia

N. P. Kosykh, N. G. Koronatova and G. Granath p. 203  abstract

Refugia for the Floristic Diversity of Northern Ural Dark Conifer Forests As Markers of Natural Vegetation of the Eastern European Taiga

N. E. Shevchenko and O. V. Smirnova p. 212  abstract

Response Curves of Seventeen Woody Species to Soil Factors Along a Riparian Forest in Northern Iran

Mohammad Naghi Adel, Hassan Pourbabaei, Seyed Jalil Alavi and Ali Salehi p. 219  abstract

Pueraria lobata is Expanding and Endangering in China Ecosystems

Ai-Ping Wu, Ya-Xuan Zhao, Fei-Fei He, Yan-Hong Wang and Wen Zhong p. 226  abstract

Quantitative Level of Research in Fish Ecology and Errors Associated with It

Yu. S. Reshetnikov and V. G. Tereshchenko p. 233  abstract

Ecological Role of Lipids and Fatty Acids in the Early Postembryonic Development of the Daubed Shanny, Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries, 1838) from Kongsfjorden, West Spitsbergen in Winter

S. N. Pekkoeva, S. A. Murzina, Z. A. Nefedova, P. O. Ripatti, S. Falk-Petersen, J. Berge, O. Lonne and N. N. Nemova p. 240  abstract

Effect of Ecotone at the Boundary of Windfall- and Fire-Damaged Forest Biocenoses on the Abundance of Rodents and Characteristics of Their Microhabitats

L. E. Lukyanova p. 245  abstract

Dependence of Individual Foraging Area on Group Size in Spotted Deer Cervus nippon (Temm., 1838) During the Period with Permanent Snow Cover

M. V. Maslov and V. V. Bogatov p. 251  abstract

Dynamics of Phenotypic Traits and Intrapopulation Processes in Great Tit (Parus major L.) Populations of the Middle Ural

A. V. Gilev, A. G. Lyakhov and I. F. Vurdova p. 256  abstract

Phylogenetic Diversity Scaling in Small Mammal Communities: The Example of Nizhny Novgorod Region of the Volga Basin

B. N. Yakimov, D. B. Gelashvili, G. S. Rozenberg and V. S. Bezel’ p. 262  abstract

Subspecies-specific Features of Molt in the Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita L.) from Europe and Western Siberia

V. N. Ryzhanovsky p. 268  abstract

Habitat Suitability and Potential Distribution of Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843) (Sauria: Agamidae) in Iran

Naser Sanchooli p. 275  abstract

Habitat Suitability for the Caucasian frog Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885 (Amphibia:Anura: Ranidae)

Masoumeh Najibzadeh, Amahad Gharzi, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani and Alireza Pesarakloo p. 280  abstract

Short Communications

The Effect of Salinity on the Reproduction Rate of Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W. Smith (Bacillariophyta) Clones

V. B. Bagmet, Sh. R. Abdullin, B. R. Kuluev, O. I. Davidovich and N. A. Davidovich p. 287  abstract

Effect of Hydrological Conditions on Reproduction Rate and Population Structure of the European Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius

V. I. Evsikov, V. Yu. Muzyka, G. G. Nazarova, O. F. Potapova and M. A. Potapov p. 290  abstract

The Effect of Ambient Temperature on Glucocorticoid Level in the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

E. A. Ivanov, V. V. Rozhnov and S. V. Naidenko p. 294  abstract

Cyclicity in the Long-term Population Dynamics of Diving Ducks

M. A. Selivanova, A. I. Mikhant’ev and E. L. Erdakov p. 298  abstract