Russian Journal of Ecology

Editor-in-Chief
Vladimir N. Bolshakov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS),
Director of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Address for correspondence:
Ekologiya,
ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Yekaterinburg, GSP 199, 620219 Russia
Phones: 7-(3432) 74-05-54, 49-91-02
E-mail: ROOT@INSEC.QUORUS.E-BURG.SU

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Stepan G. Shiyatov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head Laboratory, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Executive Editor-in-Chief
Vera N. Pozolotina
Senior Researcher, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Nikolai V. Glotov
Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Laboratory Head, Institute of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pavel L. Gorchakovskii
Academician, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Researcher, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Ernest V. Ivanter
Corresponding Member, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Department Head, Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia

Dmitrii A. Krivolutskii
Corresponding Member, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Laboratory Head, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Moscow, Russia

Stanislav A. Mamaev
Corresponding Member, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Director, Institute of Forestry, Ural Division, RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Mikhail P. Roshchevskii
Academician, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Director, Institute of Animal Physiology, Komi Research Center, Ural Division, RAS, Syktyvkar, Russia

Mikhail I. Shatunovskii
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Deputy Director, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Moscow, Russia

Igor’ A. Shilov
Academician, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Department Head, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Vadim N. Tikhomirov
Corresponding Member, RAS, Professor, Dr. Sci.(Biol.), Department Head, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

The Russian Journal of Ecology (Ekologiya) publishes complete original studies in all branches of theoretical and experimental ecology, reviews and papers on topics currently in debate, information about new methods of investigation, book reviews, and chronicles.

The Russian Journal of Ecology is abstracted and/or indexed in Chemical Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, Safety Science Abstracts Journal, Index Medicus (Russian Version), Current Contents, Energy Research Abstracts, Agricola, Pollution Abstracts, and World Translations Index.

PUBLISHER
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA PUBLISHING
PROFSOYUZNAYA UL. 90, MOSCOW, 117864 RUSSIA
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Russian Journal of Ecology (ISSN: 1067-4136) is published bimonthly by MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (Moscow, Russia). Periodicals postage paid at Jamaica, NY 11431.