Russian Journal of Ecology, 2003, V 34, N 1.

A Rationale for a Regional Network of Ecologically Valuable Areas
O. A. Zhigal'skii, M. A. Magomedova, L. N. Dobrinskii,
V. D. Bogdanov, V. G. Monakhov, and L. M. Morozova 
p. 1  

Prospects for Conserving and Restoring the Properties
and Ecological Functions of Arable Soils
A. M. Rusanov 
p. 10  

Patterns of Overgrowing in Different Water Bodies
V. G. Papchenkov 
p. 15  

Species Composition and Ecological Characteristic of Algae
from the Cooling Reservoir of the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant
M. I. Yarushina, V. P. Guseva, and M. Ya. Chebotina 
p. 20  

Structure and Differentiation of Spruce Populations in Eastern Europe
and Western Siberia
P. P. Popov 
p. 27  

Analysis of the Relationship between Soil and Vegetation
in Forest Biogeocenoses by the Principal Component Method
S. V. Koptsik, G. N. Koptsik, S. Yu. Livantsova, N. A. Berezina,
and M. G. Vakhrameeva 
p. 34  

Dynamics of Steppe Vegetation under the Effect of Grazing by Different
Farm Animals
U. B. Yunusbaev, L. B. Musina, and Ya. T. Suyundukov 
p. 43  

Current Contents of 90Sr and 137Cs in the Moss-Lichen Cover
of Piedmont and Mountain Landscapes of the Northern Urals
M. G. Nifontova 
p. 47  

Effects of Soil Hydrothermal Conditions on the Complexes
of Soil Invertebrates in Coniferous and Deciduous Forest Cultures
I. N. Bezkorovainaya and G. I. Yashikhin 
p. 52  

Short Communications


Techniques for Reconstructing Data on Flowering
M. Fornaciari, F. Orlandi, C. A. Cenci, and B. Romano 
p. 59  

Multielement Analysis of Bone Tissue in Grouse (Tetraonidae) from
the Middle Urals
V. S. Bezel' and E. A. Bel'skii 
p. 62  

Specific Features of Cesium Accumulation
by Rhodococcus ruber Cells Growing on n-Hexadecane
T. A. Peshkur and I. B. Ivshina 
p. 65  

Accumulation and Migration of Trace Elements along Trophic Chains
in Ecosystems of the Chatkal Biosphere Reserve (the Western Tien Shan, 
Uzbekistan)
A. A. Blakbern 
p. 68