V. S. Shishkin

On the history of the fi rst descriptions of the Anseriform species occurring in Russia

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A. B. Popovkina, N. D. Poyarkov

History of phylogenetic and taxonomic studies of Anseriformes

19

V. Yu. Ilyashenko

Downy plumages of Anseriformes

53

E. V. Syroechkovsky, K. E. Litvin

Goose eggs: What can they tell us about?

69

V. V. Morozov, E. E.Syroechkovski Jr.

Lesser White-fronted Goose at the turn of the millenium

91

N. D. Poyarkov

Natural history and problems of conservation of the Swan Goose

139

K. E. Litvin, E. N. Gurtovaya, E. V. Syroechkovsky

The structure of Bewick’s Swan population in the breeding period

161

A. B. Savinetsky

Anseriformes of the coast and islands of the Bering Sea in the Holocene (with reference to the results of archaeozoological investigations)

179

RULES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

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