The Russian Journal of Ecology publishes completed original studies in all branches of theoretical and experimental ecology, reviews, articles on topics currently in debate, and information on new methods of research.

Editor-in-Chief: Vladimir D. Bogdanov
EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Vladimir D. Bogdanov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Denis V. Veselkin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
EXECUTIVE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Vera N. Pozolotina
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Irina A. Bogacheva
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Viktor V. Bogatov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
Mikhail G. Golovatin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Yury Kurhinen
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Nadezhda V. Ladanova
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia
Yury N. Litvinov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Wodzimierz Meissner
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), University Of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Vyacheslav V. Rozhnov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Sergey A. Shavnin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Botanic Garden, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Nikolay G. Smirnov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Aleksey V. Tiunov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Evgeniy L. Vorobeichik
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Honorary members of the editorial board
Vladimir Bolshakov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Stepan G. Shiyatov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Staff Editor
Natalija N. Yuncevich
EDITOR OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Nikolai A. Gorgolyuk