On the genetic structure and origin of the little ground squirrel Spermophilus pygmaeus (Pallas, 1778) in the North Caucasus [PDF]
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекцииLittle 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]
Conservation BiologyAbstract 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.
Arash Ghoddousi +12 more
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Tracing Ancient Migration Routes: Did Gloydius Pitvipers Disperse Across Paleo‐Tibet Through Temperate and Subtropical Corridors? [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.We investigated the evolutionary and biogeographic history of Himalayan and Hindu Kush Gloydius pitvipers by integrating time‐calibrated phylogenetic analyses with paleoclimatic reconstructions and species distribution modeling. Our results suggest an early Miocene origin in East and Southeast Asia, followed by westward dispersal across Paleo‐Tibet via
Sylvia Hofmann +6 more
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GEO Mountains Workshop: Interdisciplinary Monitoring, Data, and Capacity Sharing across the Caucasus [PDF]
, 2023 This workshop was one of a series of engagement undertaken by GEO Mountains in 2023 under the Adaptation at Altitude programme1. It took place at Akaki Tsereteli Kutaisi State University, Kutaisi, Georgia, within the context of the Caucasus Mountain ...
Thornton, James
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North Caucasus: the Mountain of Languages and the Language of Mountains
Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2022 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
Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi, 2020 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]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2009 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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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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Polyommatus shchurovi sp.n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the altitude areas of Western Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2006 Polyommatus shchurovi sp. n. from the 3,000 m above sea level in the mountains of the Western Caucasus is described and compared to related taxa from which it differs in habitus, structure of male and female genitalia, and the number of antenna ...
B.V. Stradomsky
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Grave Monuments in South–Eastern End of the South Caucasus: Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Kurgans
Поволжская археология, 2022 The article deals with the results of the Late Bronze – Early Iron Age kurgans built in the foothills of the Talysh Mountains at the south-eastern end of the South Caucasus.
Anar Agalarzade M.
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