... Department of Vertebrate Zoology . HEAD OF THE LABORATORY . ... Laboratory of Ecology deals with a vast variety of research topics: from Ecological Physiology to Organization of Multispecies Communities. ... Almost all groups of Vertebrates are being investigated: amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. ... prof. B.D.Vasiliev , researcher A.B.Vasilieva . ... associate prof. S.V.Ogurtsov , researcher V.V.Shakhparonov . ... leading researcher A.B.Kerimov , senior researcher T.A.Ilyina . ...