1. The origin and development of nature conservation: A view from the boundary between millennia

   • G. S. Rozenberg
   • G. P. Krasnoshchekov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 161

2. Sustainable development—Food security—Agroecology

   • B. M. Mirkin
   • R. M. Khaziakhmetov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 162 - 166

3. Pathological tree-ring structures in Siberian juniper (juniperus sibirica burgsd.) and their use for reconstructing extreme climatic events

   • R. M. Hantemirov
   • L. A. Gorlanova
   • S. G. Shiyatov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 173

4. Effects of heavy metal pollution on the ecological and biological characteristics of common chernozem

   • S. I. Kolesnikov
   • K. Sh. Kazeev
   • V. F. Val'kov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 174 - 181

5. Concentrations of long-lived artificial radionuclides in the moss-lichen cover of mountain plant communities

   • M. G. Nifontova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 182 - 185

6. Analysis of sensitivity of different criteria in cytogenetic monitoring

   • A. K. Butorina
   • V. N. Kalaev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 186 - 189

7. Trophic structure of ecosystems and ecotoxicology of soil organisms

   • A. D. Pokarzhevskii
   • N. M. Van Straalen
   • R. O. Butovskii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 190 - 197

8. Odontological characteristics of European brown bears from the Central Forest Biosphere Nature Reserve

   • P. N. Korablev
   • E. Chapman
   • V. V. Bologov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 198 - 202

9. The influence of food change on the development ofArchips podana Sc. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a polyphagous insect

   • A. F. Safonkin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 206

10. A role of chemical signals in the induction of spawning migration in chum salmonOncorhynchus keta (Waldbaum)

    • V. A. Ostroumov

    Short Communications Pages: 207 - 208

11. Estimation of atmospheric air toxicity using microscopic algae

    • R. R. Kabirov
    • N. V. Sukhanova
    • L. S. Khaibullina

    Short Communications Pages: 209 - 210

12. Long-term monitoring of sea water pollution by heavy metals in northern primorye with the use of brown algae

    • S. I. Kozhenkova
    • N. K. Khristoforova
    • E. N. Chernova

    Short Communications Pages: 211 - 215

13. The effect of the pulse electromagnetic field on the frequencies of micronuclei induced by lead in the red blood cells of anuran larvae

    • V. I. Kryukov

    Short Communications Pages: 216 - 218