Vol. 47, No. 4, 2016

Russian Journal of Ecology

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Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Ecology ISSN 1067-4136.

Chemical Composition of Juniperus sibirica Needles (Cupressaceae) in the Forest–Tundra Ecotone, the Khibiny Mountains

N. A. Artemkina, M. A. Orlova and N. V. Lukina p. 321 abstract

The Holocene Dynamics of Vegetation and Climatic Conditions on the Eastern Slope of the Subpolar Urals

T. G. Antipina and N. K. Panova p. 329 abstract

Zonal Patterns in the Formation of Synanthropic Vegetation in the City of Kursk

L. A. Arep’eva p. 338 abstract

Aboveground Phytomass and Rate of Plant Debris Decomposition in Herbaceous Communities Exposed to Soil Pollution with Heavy Metals

V. S. Bezel’, T. V. Zhuikova, V. A. Gordeeva, E. V. Meling, A. B. Trubyanov and N. V. Glotov p. 343 abstract

Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Endemic Ferula xylorhachis Rech.f. (Apiaceae: Scandiceae) in Iran: Predictions from Ecological Niche Models

Alemeh Mazangi, Hamid Ejtehadi, Omid Mirshamsi, Fereshte Ghassemzadeh and Seyyed Saeed Hosseinianyousefkhani p. 349 abstract

Ecological Factors Influencing Frequency of Norway Spruce Butt Rot in Mature Stands in Lithuania

Povilas Žemaitis and Vidas Stakėnas p. 355 abstract

Characteristics of Stone Moroko Population Dynamics at Different Stages of Naturalization in Lake- and Steam-type Dnieper Reservoirs

V. G. Tereshchenko, D. S. Khrystenko, G. O. Kotovska and L. I. Tereshchenko p. 364 abstract

On Ecotones as Foci of Ant Species Richness in a Forest Nature Reserve (Case Study of the Voronezh Biosphere Reserve)

V. M. Emets p. 371 abstract

Differentiation of Cryptic Wood Mice Species of the Subgenus Sylvaemus under Different Ecogeographic Conditions in the Northern Caucasus

A. Kh. Amshokova and F. A. Tembotova p. 376 abstract

Assessment of Nonselective Elimination Effects in Rodent Communities by Methods of Geometric Morphometrics

A. G. Vasil’ev, V. N. Bol’shakov, I. A. Vasil’eva, N. G. Evdokimov and N. V. Sineva p. 383 abstract

The Ecology of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) in the Middle Lena River Basin

E. S. Zakharov, V. M. Safronov, L. P. Koryakina and N. N. Smetanin p. 392 abstract

A Study on the Migrations of Murine Rodents in Urban Environments

O. V. Tolkachev p. 399 abstract

Movements of Spotted Seals (Phoca largha) in the Sea of Okhotsk According to Satellite Tagging Data

M. A. Solov’eva, D. M. Glazov, D. M. Kuznetsova and V. V. Rozhnov p. 405 abstract

The Structure of Genotypic Diversity and the Possibility of Sexual Reproduction in Populations of Tulipa riparia (Liliaceae)

N. A. Kutlunina, A. Yu. Belyaev and M. S. Knyazev p. 412 abstract

Effects of Snow Thickness on the Abundance of Archaeal and Bacterial amoA Genes and Gene Transcripts during Dwarf Bamboo Litter Decomposition in an Alpine Forest on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau

Chunping Huang, Fuzhong Wu, Wanqin Yang, Bo Tan, Wei He and Jian Zhang p. 419 abstract

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Russian Journal of Ecology