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Russian Journal of Ecology

Vol. 49, No. 6, 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 Edge Effect on the Herb–Dwarf Shrub Layer of Urbanized Southern Taiga Forests

D. V. Veselkin, A. A. Korzhinevskaya and E. N. Podgaevskaya p. 465  abstract

The Water Regime of Black Saxaul in Various Environmental Conditions of the Central Asian Desert

N. Z. Shamsutdinov, I. V. Savchenko, E. Z. Shamsutdinova, N. S. Orlovsky, Z. Sh. Shamsutdinov and Yu. B. Kaminov p. 475  abstract

The Occurrence of Carpinus, Fagus, Tilia, and Quercus Pollen in Subrecent Spore–Pollen Spectra from the East European Plain: On the Possibility of Long-Distance Pollen Transfer

N. G. Mazei, M. V. Kusilman and E. Yu. Novenko p. 484  abstract

The Intensity of Wildfires in Fire Emissions Estimates

E. I. Ponomarev, E. G. Shvetsov and V. I. Kharuk p. 492  abstract

Funneliformis mosseae and Invasion by Exotic Legumes in a Brazilian Tropical Seasonal Dry Forest

Tancredo Augusto Feitosa de Souza, Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria, Helena Freitas, Leonaldo Alves de Andrade and Djail Santos p. 500  abstract

Spatial Distribution, Population Structure and Neighbour Relation of Trewia nudiflora within Forested Vegetation of North-Eastern U.P., India

Balmukund Chaurasia and R. P. Shukla p. 507  abstract

Patterns of Pollen Dispersal in an Invasive Population of Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae) in China

L. J. Zhang and A. R. Lou p. 517  abstract

Nutrients Availability Shapes Fungal Community Composition and Diversity in the Rare Earth Mine Tailings of Southern Jiangxi, China

Genhe He, Xiaodong Wang, Xu Liu, Xiaoyu Xiao, Shoucheng Huang and Jichun Wu p. 524  abstract

A New Analytical Approach to the Study of the Spatial Structure of the Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Population

M. D. Chistopolova, V. V. Rozhnov, J. A. Hernandez-Blanco, S. V. Naidenko and P. A. Sorokin p. 534  abstract

Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) Population Dynamics

A. V. Bobretsov, L. E. Lukyanova and K. V. Maklakov p. 543  abstract

The Long-Term Dynamics of Parasite Infection in Coregonids with Different Food Specializations

A. L. Gavrilov and O. A. Gos’kova p. 548  abstract

Causes of Variation in the Frequency of Polygyny in the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Population of Karelia

A. V. Artemyev p. 554  abstract

Are Food and Habitat Resources Key Factors Determining Bird Species Richness at Broad Landscape-Scale in the Mainland of China?

Jin-Tun Zhang and Cuihong Wang p. 563  abstract

Effect of Soybean Cultivation on Soil Collembola Community in Marshland of Sanjiang Plain, China

Yongjing Dou, Liang Chang, Bing Zhang and Donghui Wu p. 570  abstract

The Preference of Some Myrmecochorous Plants of Forest Stands by Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa L.)—Experiment on Seeds with Elaiosomes

T. Englický and B. Šera p. 577  abstract

Short Communications

Specific Features of Wild Boar, Sus scrofa, Rooting Activity at the Northern Boundary of Its Range in Western Siberia

N. I. Markov, N. L. Pankova, A. L. Vasina and N. L. Pogodin p. 584  abstract

An Experimental Test of the Concealment Hypothesis Using Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula) nests on the Tibet Plateau

Shaobin Li, Jinlan Qin, Zhenyu Jin, Wei Li and Han Yan p. 588  abstract