Russian Journal of Ecology , 2002, V44, N 4.

Morphogenesis of the Procumbent Life Form in Siberian Stone Pine 
at the Timberline in the Western Sayan Mountains 
S. N. Goroshkevich and E. A. Kustova 
p. 225   

Distribution of Fine Roots of Coniferous Trees over the Soil Profile 
under Conditions of Pollution by Emissions from a Copper-Smelting Plant 
D. V. Veselkin 
p. 231   

Ecophysiological Parameters of Transpiration in Coniferous Woody Plants 
in Phytocenoses of the North 
S. N. Sen’kina 
p. 235   

Elements of Carbon Balance in Oligotrophic Bogs 
L. I. Inisheva and E. A. Golovatskaya 
p. 242   

The Effect of Soil Cultivation on the Humus State of Gray Forest Soil in
the Middle Urals 
T. A. Goryacheva 
p. 249   

A Method for Forecasting the Dates of Mass Calving and Some Characteristics 
of the Rut and Calving in the Kalmyk Population of Saiga (Saiga tatarica L.) 
A. I. Bliznyuk 
p. 253   

Intrapopulation Variation and Interpopulation Phenetic Differentiation 
of Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta Walbaum) in Populations of the Northern Sea
of Okhotsk Region 
G. A. Agapova, E. S. Velizhanin, and S. P. Pustovoit 
p. 260   

Ethological Structure of Freshwater Benthic and Nektobenthic Communities
and Its Changes under the Influence of Abiotic and Anthropogenic Factors 
V. A. Yakovlev 
p. 268   

Wave Processes in Forest Ant Communities 
F. A. Seima 
p. 273   

Daily Activity and Mobility of the Common Shrew (Sorex araneus L.) 
E. V. Ivanter and A. M. Makarov 
p. 280   

Quantitative Relationships between Predatory and Nonpredatory Animals
in Freshwater Ecosystems 
A. F. Alimov 
p. 286   

Short Communications 


Competition between the Rotifers Brachionus patulus and Euchlanis dilatata: 
Effect of Algal Food Level and Relative Initial Densities of Competing Species 
S. Nandini and S. S. S. Sarma 
p. 291   

Potentiation of the Toxic Effects of Metals by Ascorbic Acid 
V. A. Chistyakov, D. I. Vodolazhskii, N. N. Timoshkina, and N. V. Voinova 
p. 296   

Biocenotic Regularities of Mercury Accumulation in Fish from Inland Water Bodies 
I. K. Stepanova and V. T. Komov 
p. 299   

Soil as an Environment and Its Role in the Evolution of Insects 
(In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Soil Ecology
in Russia and the 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Merkurii Sergeevich Gilyarov) 
A. D. Pokarzhevskii 
p. 301