Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences

Cover of Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences Volume 4 Issue 1

Volume 4 Number 1 June 2006

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation

Plant communities of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia
Henrik von Wehrden, Karsten Wesche and Radnaakhand Tungalag [Preview] [PDF]

Capture and Anaesthesia of Wild Mongolian Equids – the Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) and Khulan (E. hemionus)
Chris Walzer, Petra Kaczensky, Oyunsaikhan Ganbaatar, Jochen Lengger, Namtar Enkhsaikhan, Davaa Lkhagvasuren [Preview] [PDF]

Burrow Cluster as a Sampling Unit: An Approach to Estimate Marmot Activity in the Eastern Steppe of Mongolia
Susan E. Townsend [Preview] [PDF]

Mongolian Marmot Crisis: Status of the Siberian Marmot in the Eastern Steppe
Susan E. Townsend and Peter Zahler [Preview] [PDF]

Physiology and Biochemistry

Mineral Elements in a Succulent Plant Species, Orostachys spinosa L. (Crassulaceae)
Shagjjav Oyungerel and Dondog Purev [Preview] [PDF]

Biologically Active Substances in Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum L.) Cultivated in Mongolia
S. Badamtsetseg, D. Badamkhand, J. Sukhdolgor and Ts. Baigalmaa [Preview] [PDF]

Notes from the field

An International Workshop on Lake Hoövsgöl Area Ecosystem Modeling
Bazartseren Boldgiv and Clyde E. Goulden [Preview] [PDF]

Short Communications

Taxonomy of the Genus Cnidium Cusson ex Juss. (Umbelliferae Juss.) in Mongolia
Magsar Urgamal [Preview] [PDF]

Book review

Ecological Paradigms Lost: Routes of Theory Change edited by Kim Cuddington and Beatrix E. Beisner, 2005, 434 pages, ISBN 0-12-088459-3, Academic Press, hardback, US$79.95.
Bazartseren Boldgiv [Preview] [PDF]

Evolution and Ecology of the Organism by Michael R. Rose and Laurence D. Mueller, 2006, 720 pages, ISBN 0-13-010404-3, Prentice Hall, hardback, US$118.70.
Bazartseren Boldgiv [Preview] [PDF]

Introduction to Population Ecology by Larry L. Rockwood, 2006, 340 pages, ISBN 1-4051-3263-9, Blackwell Publishing, paperback, US$44.95.
Bazartseren Boldgiv [Preview] [PDF]

The Geology, Biodiversity and Ecology of Lake Hövsgöl (Mongolia) edited by Clyde E. Goulden, Tatiana Sitnikova, Jon Gelhaus and Bazartseren Boldgiv, Backhuys Publishers, 2006, hardback, 525 pp. ISBN 90-5782-162-1, price €176.
Badamdorj Bayartogtokh [Preview] [PDF]

Conferences and Events

Summary of Conferences and Events
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