Seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited
Abstract The fossil record for Solanaceae has a complex taxonomic history, with many species originally described in the family being subsequently shown to belong in other plant families. In this work, we present an in‐depth analysis of the nightshade seed fossil record, which corresponds to the largest amount of fossil material for the family.
Rocío Deanna +14 more
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A Privilege That Can Be Withdrawn: Regulation of Exit in Russia and Other Post‐Soviet Republics
ABSTRACT The former Soviet Union's restrictions on citizens' foreign travel or emigration were notoriously draconian. Yet what replaced them in the fifteen independent states of the post‐Soviet region has not been well analysed. Outside the Baltic republics, the monolithic and prohibitive policies of the Soviet past have given way to a patchwork of ...
Matthew Light, Leonid Kosals
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Reintegration or Reconquest? Georgia's policy towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the context of the internal and international situation. OSW Point of View, May 2008 [PDF]
The conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been Georgia's main security problem since the beginning of the 1990s, and, along with the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, have made up the main security problems in the South ...
Bartuzi, Wojciech, Strachota, Krzysztof
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“Legalizing Oneself”: Citizenship, Waiting, and Fake Fakeness in Northern Cyprus
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the anthropological scholarship on citizenship and unrecognized states by analyzing how people grapple with the convoluted legal landscape of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). I present four life histories to describe the diverse citizenship constellations among the TRNC's (de facto) citizens and its ...
Bart Klem
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Abstract Putinist ideology is not merely a project of a narrow political elite, but rather a set of ideas that hold domestic appeal. The ideologized vision of Russia fighting for its rightful place in the international arena has resonated with mass social grievances created by the fall of the USSR.
Alicja Curanović
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Forest Resources of the Caucasian Black Sea Coast: Problems and Prospects of Rational Use [PDF]
More than 70 % of the Caucasian Black Sea Coast (CBSC) forests grow in mountainous conditions of the Colchis phytogeographical province and perform primary environmental functions.
S. M. Bebia
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Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh: unfrozen conflicts between Russia and the West. OSW Special Report, 9 July 2008 [PDF]
The Southern Caucasus is the site of three armed conflicts with separatist backgrounds, which have remained unsolved for years: the conflicts in Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Azerbaijan's conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (including the areas ...
Bartuzi, Wojciech +4 more
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF CREATION NEW ATHOS MONASTERY IN THE CAUCASUS
The New Athos Monastery on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, which turns 145 in 2020, is an extraordinary phenomenon in the life of Orthodox Russia, which had a number of historical, geopolitical, spiritual and moral preconditions.
E. Chenikalova
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Effect of Pest Control Strategies on Arthropod Pests of Apple in Europe: A Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) is a major fruit crop in Europe. More than 200 phytophagous arthropod species thrive in European apple orchards, several of which are economically important pests. Due to the pest pressure on apple production, consumer demand for residue‐free products and current policies to make food production in the European ...
Ingrid Aline Bapfubusa Niyibizi +2 more
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GEORGIAN MEDIA: COVERING CONFLICT IN ABKHAZIA [PDF]
The collapse of the Soviet Union was accompanied by numerous violent conflicts in some of its former territories, which was simultaneously transformed into armed clashes.
Kacharava, Khatuna, Gvineria, Irina
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