Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists
(Biological Series)

Volume 103 Volume 104 (1999)

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THIS ISSUE OF THE BULLETIN OF MOSCOW SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH FORMOZOV (1899-1973) IN CONNECTION WITH CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH. A.N. FORMOZOV IS KNOWN AS A NATURALIST, ECOLOGIST, BIOGEOGRAPHER, MAMMALOGIST, ORNITHOLOGIST AND ARTIST. HE WAS A FOUNDER OF ONE OF RUSSIA'S LARGEST SCHOOLS OF ECOLOGY, A CONSERVATIONIST AND THE AUTHOR OF MANY POPULAR BOOKS ABOUT NATURE. A.N. FORMOZOV WAS AN EDITOR OF THIS BULLETIN'S BIOLOGY SERIES FOR MANY YEARS.