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Tektonika, 2023 The Greater Caucasus orogen forms the northern edge of the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone. Although the orogen has long been assumed to exhibit dominantly thick-skinned style deformation via reactivation of high-angle extensional faults, recent work ...
Charles Trexler +3 more
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Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.We comprehensively evaluated the seed plant diversity of Jiangxi province to address the regional biodiversity conservation of Asian subtropical evergreen broad‐leaved forests (EBLFs). Higher species diversity of seed plants was observed in eastern, southern, and western Jiangxi, with elevation and precipitation as mainly environmental factors.
Minqin Duan +8 more
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Foreign policy of the European Union towards the South Caucasus in 1992-2014 [PDF]
, 2015 This assessment of European Union foreign policy towards the South Caucasus shows that while the EU has developed a coherent transport policy since 1992, paradoxically, it has had no corresponding coherent conflict resolution policy for this region.
Kereselidze, Nino
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.This study provides a comprehensive examination of fruit morphology and micromorphology characteristics of 28 populations of Onobrychis subgenus Onobrychis taxa from Iran, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. For each trait, 25 replicates were analyzed, encompassing a wide range of qualitative and quantitative traits.
Seyed Mehdi Talebi +2 more
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Snow variability effect upon avalanching
Лëд и снег, 2015 Thickness, density, shearing strength, and temperature of snow on mountain slopes are considered as stochastic fields or processes. Parameters of these fields (processes) were estimated in several geographical regions. Errors of snow stability estimation
P. A. Chernous +2 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina +9 more
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European Journal of TaxonomyA comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Urometopus Formánek, 1904 is presented. The genus, distributed across the Black Sea Basin, Caucasus, and Alborz, is redefined to comprise 49 species. The subgenus Phyllobioides Formánek, 1923 stat. res. et
Nikolai Yunakov, Denys Khrapov
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Botanical expedition in mountains of Caucasus in 2013
Conservation Science, 2017 Summary [editor’s note]The botanical expedition has an important role in documenting unknown flora and its natural history. Such expedition has been instrumental to ascertain what conservation actions the region need of. Gennady A. Firsov writes a short note providing a fascinating account of a botanical expedition in the Caucasus Mountains.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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Spatial ecology and population trends of the scavengers (Aves: Falconiformes) in Azerbaijan
Acta Biologica SibiricaAvian scavengers in Azerbaijan, including the Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus), Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), and Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), are experiencing significant population declines, with a 15.
Arzu F. Mammadov +3 more
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