Vol. 14, No. 3, 2021

Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Using Information Statistics to Study the Ecology of Vegetation and Dynamic Processes of the Earth’s Vegetation Cover

B. S. Petropavlovsky and L. I. Varchenko p. 209 abstract

Reconstruction of Environmental Conditions in the Eastern Part of Primorsky Krai (Russian Far East) in the Late Holocene

L. B. Nazarova, N. G. Razjigaeva, L. V. Golovatyuk, B. K. Biskaborn, T. A. Grebennikova, L. A. Ganzey, L. M. Mokhova and B. Diekmann p. 218 abstract

Tundra and Steppe Locations of Altai Highland Depressions: Features of Vegetation Community and Soil Cover and Their Thermal Regime

K. V. Chistyakov, M. I. Amosov, Yu. N. Kurochkin, S. N. Lessovaia, I. I. Strelkov and G. A. Tyusov p. 231 abstract

Structure and Developmental Rhythm of Shoot Systems of A. frutescens (L.) K. Koch., A. replicata Lam., and A. pyrifolia Bunge (Atraphaxis L., Polygonaceae)

M. V. Kostina and O. V. Yurtseva p. 241 abstract

Morphological Variability of Nitraria Species in Central and Southern Kazakhstan

E. V. Banaev, M. A. Tomoshevich and T. A. Ak-Lama p. 255 abstract

Geographic and Intraspecific Variation of Cold Hardiness in Ants of the Genus Lasius Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

D. I. Berman and Z. A. Zhigulskaya p. 269 abstract

Impacts of Forest–Peat Fires on Soils and Their Influence on Carbon Losses in Phytogenic Microelevations of Mountain Swamps in the Southern Part of Central Siberia

T. T. Efremova, A. V. Pimenov, S. P. Efremov and A. F. Avrova p. 279 abstract

Enzymatic Biotesting: Scientific Basis and Application

E. N. Esimbekova, I. G. Torgashina, V. P. Kalyabina and V. A. Kratasyuk p. 290 abstract

Desert Ephemeral Synusia As an Indicator for Archeological Sites

N. N. Lashchinskiy, A. E. Astafiev and E. S. Bogdanov p. 305 abstract

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Contemporary Problems of Ecology