Contemporary suspended sediment yield of Caucasus mountains [PDF]
Processes linked to climate change and intensified anthropogenic pressure influence the environment, the hydrology and by extent the denudation processes in the Caucasus mountain belt.
A. Tsyplenkov +4 more
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On the genetic structure and origin of the little ground squirrel Spermophilus pygmaeus (Pallas, 1778) in the North Caucasus [PDF]
Little ground squirrel Spermophilus pygmaeus (Pallas, 1778) is a polytypic species of significant interest for the study of taxonomic diversity, genetic structure, gene flow and genetic diversity.
F. A. Tembotova +2 more
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Effectiveness of protected areas in the Caucasus Mountains in preventing rangeland degradation. [PDF]
Abstract As land use intensifies globally, it increasingly exerts pressure on protected areas. Despite open, nonforested landscapes comprising up to 40% of protected areas globally, assessments have predominately focused on forests, overlooking the major pressures on rangelands from livestock overgrazing and land conversion.
Ghoddousi A +12 more
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The Caucasus is neither a cradle nor a museum of diversity of the land snail genus Helix (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae), while Crimea is home to an ancient lineage [PDF]
The Caucasus and the adjacent Pontic Mountains in north-eastern Anatolia are home to numerous endemic land snail genera and species. The diversity of the region is the result of both intra-regional speciation and the persistence of relict lineages.
Ondřej Korábek +4 more
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Neanderthals were widespread during the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) across Europe and Asia, including the Caucasus Mountains. Occupying the border between eastern Europe and West Asia, the Caucasus is important region regarding the Neanderthal occupation of
Ekaterina V. Doronicheva +3 more
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Invasive species in the grasslands of the Central Caucasus [PDF]
Biological invasions and grassland transformation are significant problems in pasture ecosystems of the Central Caucasus. The aim was to study the main patterns of invasive processes in grasslands and included identification the main vegetation ...
Chadaeva Victoria +6 more
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First record of Bacillicladium lobatum (Chaetothyriales) in Caucasus (second finding in the world)
Bacillicladium lobatum was isolated from cryoconits at the mountains of the Caucasus, and it is represented by strain CZ-25. Macro- and micromorphology of the isolate were examined along with partial sequences of internal transcribed spacer of rDNA (ITS1-
Ирина Юрьевна Кирцидели +3 more
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North Caucasus: the Mountain of Languages and the Language of Mountains
The North Caucasian region is called the Russian Babylon due to its polyethnicity, multilingualism, religious syncretism, ancient mountain ethical codes coexisting along with state institutions of self-organization. Compared to other locales, it still manages to preserve many archaic forms of socio-normative and spiritual culture, although here, too ...
Zukhra Akhmetovna Kuchukova +1 more
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Kafkas Dağları İçin Yeni Araştırma Eğilimleri: Bibliyometrik Bir Analiz
In the research, international studies on the Caucasus Mountains were examined bibliometrically. The research aimed to answer the following basic question: What is the current development of its literature on the Caucasus Mountains and where will it ...
İsmet Güney +2 more
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Zoogeographical structure of the lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) fauna of the North Caucasus and possible ways of its formation [PDF]
Тhe fauna of Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the North Caucasus includes 59 native species of 19 genera and one invasive species. Тhis fauna consists of two large and not equivalent zoogeographical complexes of a different origin.
V.B. Golub
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