Russian Journal of Ecology, 2005, V 36, N 5.

Dynamics of Carbon Pools and Fluxes in 
Russia’s Forest Lands 
D. G. Zamolodchikov, A. I. Utkin, G. N. Korovin, 
and O. V. Chestnykh 
p. 291  

The Spatiotemporal Pattern of Fires in Northern 
Taiga Larch Forests of Central Siberia 
V. I. Kharuk, M. L. Dvinskaya, and K. J. Ranson 
p. 302   

Mechanisms of the Formation of Extrazonal 
Biocenoses on the Solovetskiye Islands 
Yu. G. Shvartsman and I. N. Bolotov 
p. 312   

Recent Levels of Radionuclide Contamination 
in the Eastern Ural Radioactive Trace 
and Biological Effects in Local Populations 
of Plantago major L. 
V. N. Pozolotina, I. V. Molchanova, 
L. N. Mikhailovskaya, and E. V. Ul’yanova 
p. 320   

Reproductive Parameters of Adult Birds and 
Morphophysiological Characteristics of Chicks 
in the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca Pall.) 
in Technogenically Polluted Habitats 
E. A. Belskii, N. V. Lugas’kova, and 
A. A. Karfidova 
p. 329   

Specificity of Life Conditions for Commercial 
Invertebrates on Artificial Substrates 
in the Eutrophicated Amur Bay, the Sea of Japan 
D. D. Gabaev, N. Yu. Taupek, and N. K. Kolotukhina 
p. 336   

Ecological Mechanisms of the Formation of 
Biological Rhythms in Hibernators 
of the Family Sciuridae in Northeastern Siberia 
A. I. Anufriev, T. N. Solomonova, A. A. Turpanov, 
and N. G. Solomonov 
p. 343   

Ecotypes in Graylings (Thymallidae, Salmoniformes) 
E. A. Zinov’ev 
p. 349   

Short Communications
 
Changes in Plant Cover Structure and 
Productivity along an Altitudinal Gradient 
(the Polar Urals) 
N. I. Andreyashkina and N. V. Peshkova 
p. 354   

Effect of the Size of a Populated Area on the Parameters 
of Synanthropic Vegetation Diversity 
E. V. Govorov, S. M. Yamalov, and B. M. Mirkin 
p. 358   

Biological Testing of Oil-Polluted and Reclaimed Soils 
Based on the Survival of Springtails (Collembola) 
N. A. Kireeva, G. M. Khanislamova, and E. M. Tarasenko 
p. 361