Contents

Russian Journal of Ecology


Vol. 47, No. 5, 2016

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.


Industrial Pollution Reduces the Effect of Trees on Forming the Patterns of Heavy Metal Concentration Fields in Forest Litter

E. L. Vorobeichik and P. G. Pishchulin p. 431  abstract

Methods and Results of Studying the Geographical Trends in the Structure of Single-Tree Biomass of Larches and Two-needled Pines in Eurasia

V. A. Usoltsev, V. P. Chasovskikh, Yu. V. Noritsina and E. V. Kokh p. 442  abstract

Ecological Structure of Plant Communities on Spring Fens in the Mountain Taiga Belt of the Southern Urals

T. G. Ivchenko and S. R. Znamenskiy p. 453  abstract

Long-term Dynamics and Correlations of Ecophysiological Parameters in Murine Rodent Communities

L. P. Agulova, N. S. Moskvitina, N. P. Bol’shakova, L. B. Kravchenko, N. V. Ivanova and V. N. Romanenko p. 460  abstract

Estimating ‘Rhizosphere Priming Effect’: Comparison of the Indirect Y-intercept Regression Approach and Direct Bare Plot Approach

Zhi-Min Zhao p. 467  abstract

Characteristics of Soil Nematode Communities under Conditions of Woody Plant Introduction

D. S. Kalinkina, A. A. Sushchuk and E. M. Matveeva p. 473  abstract

Spatial and Temporal Organization of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Lake Chany, Western Siberia

D. M. Bezmaternykh p. 480  abstract

Evolutionary Ecological Analysis of Adaptation Strategies of Rodent Populations under Extreme Conditions

G. V. Olenev and E. B. Grigorkina p. 486  abstract

Morphological Peculiarities as Indicators of Natural History of Sable (Martes zibellina) in North-Asia Pacific Coast

V. G. Monakhov p. 493  abstract

The Ecology and Behavioral Features of Dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) in the Forest–Steppe Zone of Central Chernozem Region

A. N. Timofeev p. 501  abstract

Short Communications

A New Field Method for Measuring Forest Litter Respiration Rate

I. A. Smorkalov p. 508  abstract

Estimating the Impact of Ungulates on Holocene Steppe Ecosystems by Analyzing Repaired Injuries in Land Snail Shells

E. A. Snegin, A. A. Sychev and A. S. Shapovalov p. 514  abstract