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MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the morphology‐ and intuition‐based taxonomic hypotheses using integrative approach: unexpected discovery of triplet of sibling species within a widespread Eurasian butterfly, Hyponephele lycaon

open access: yesCladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract In well‐studied groups of organisms, the taxonomic landscape can be very complex, with several alternative classifications describing diversity within the same set of populations. For example, three hypotheses have previously been proposed to describe the taxonomy of the common and widespread Eurasian Dusky Meadow Brown butterfly, Hyponephele ...
Elena A. Pazhenkova   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Astronomy & Astrophysics (CAUCASUS)-VOLUME 2

open access: yes, 2020
The second volume of the international scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics (Caucasus) contains the scientific works delivered as scientific reports by their authors at International Scientific Conference Modern Problems of Astrophysics – II ...
(CAUCASUS), Astronomy & Astrophysics
core   +1 more source

Dynamics of the Great Caucasus mountain lakes

open access: yesJournal of Nepal Geological Society, 2011
Available with full text.
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of global change on the distribution of mountain mammals and birds

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change and land‐use changes are key drivers of global biodiversity loss. Many species are shifting to higher elevations or latitudes in response to global warming, often encountering unfavorable land‐use conditions during the shift. These changes can lead to reduced range size and increased extinction risks, particularly for mountain ...
Chiara Dragonetti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kafkas Hattı’nda Kurulan Stratejik Rus Kentleri

open access: yesCoğrafi Bilimler Dergisi
In the historical context, Tsarist Russia made the Don-Volga, Kuban-Terek rivers the center of military-economic, security and population strategies. In the North Caucasus, local peoples were exiled on the Caucasus line established following the rivers ...
Müberra Koçyiğit Türk
doaj   +1 more source

Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

open access: yesSHILAP, 2022
The Pterophoridae results of 60 expeditions to central Palearctic region during 1996-2019 are reported. Covered areas include the Volgo-Ural district, Southern Siberia, Central Asia, the Turanian region and the Caucasus.
K. Nupponen
doaj   +1 more source

Protected areas on international borders show uneven conservation outcomes

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Border protected areas (BPAs) are national protected areas that are immediately adjacent to a country's border or span two or more countries; they are characterized by distinctive opportunities and pressures. They play a critical role in protecting carbon‐rich ecosystems, conserving endangered biodiversity, reducing cross‐border environmental ...
Rachakonda Sreekar   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scythris transcaucasica Nupponen, sp. n., a new species from Georgia (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)

open access: yesSHILAP, 2017
Scythris transcaucasica Nupponen, sp. n. is described from southern Georgia. Twelve specimens (7 males and 5 females) were collected from the Trans-Caucasus Mountains close to the Turkish border in July 2015.
K. Nupponen
doaj   +1 more source

Differentiation degree and developmental stability of Chionomys gud (Rodentia: Cricetidae) by nonmetric cranial traits

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2020
The work describes the results of assessing developmental stability and the degree of differentiation in Chionomys gud within Protected Areas of the Central and Western Caucasus.
Fatimat A. Tembotova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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