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Latitude or altitude as the future refugium? A case for the future of forests in Asia Minor and its surroundings

Ecology and Evolution
At the current juncture with climate change, centennial projections of species distributions in biodiversity hotspots, using dynamic vegetation models may provide vital insight into conservation efforts.
Bikem Ekberzade, Omer Yetemen, Yasemin Ezber, Omer Lutfi Sen, Hasan Nuzhet Dalfes   +4 more
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The Glacier Complexes of the Mountain Massifs of the North-West of Inner Asia and their Dynamics [PDF]

, 2011
The subject of this paper is the glaciation of the mountain massifs Mongun-Taiga, Tavan-Boghd-Ola, Turgeni- Nuru, and Harhira-Nuru. The glaciation is represented mostly by small forms that sometimes form a single complex of domeshaped peaks ...
Chistyakov , Kirill V., Dullo, Wolf-Christian, Ganyushkin, Dmitry A., Moskalenko, Igor G.   +3 more
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Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change [PDF]

, 2014
The late Quaternary megafauna extinction was a severe global-scale event. Two factors, climate change and modern humans, have received broad support as the primary drivers, but their absolute and relative importance remains controversial.
Boslough M, Brummitt RK, Corlett RT, Faunmap working group, Hasumi H, Kissling WD, Lyons SK, Martin PS, Martin PS, Nogués-Bravo D, Prado JL, R Development Core Team   +11 more
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Integration of the SDGs into the educational process of Kazakhstani universities: implementation results and effectiveness assessment

Discover Sustainability
Integration of the Sustainable Development Goals into higher education plays a crucial role in preparing specialists capable of addressing contemporary global challenges.
Sergey Bespalyy, Gulmira Alnazarova, Alexandr Petrenko, Saltanat Zhanuzakova   +3 more
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Nations in Transit 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
This is the the 18th edition of Freedom House's comprehensive report on post-communist democratic governance -- highlights recent setbacks to democracy across Eurasia and the Balkans, as well as in Central Europe.

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A Call for Adopting High-Dose Influenza Vaccines for Adults Aged 65 and Above in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Seasonal influenza poses significant health and economic challenges globally each year, particularly impacting the elderly population (aged ≥ 65 years) with increased rates of hospitalization, and mortality.
Salah T. Al Awaidy, Parvaiz A Koul, Faryal Khamis, Fatima Al Slil, Imane Jroundi, Fatima Al Olama, Khalid Hamid Elawad, Musallam Yunus Hassan Abuhasan, Fana Al Oraimi, Mine Durusu Tanriover, Hassan Zaraket   +10 more
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RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS:BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE INDO-PACIFIC. (Part II) Situation Analysis Proceedings

Сравнительная политика, 2018
The Editorial Board of Comparative Politics Russia publishes the second part of the situational analysis which was held in the form of a roundtable to share the results of the analysis of the dynamics and current state of the development of Russian ...
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Aboveground biomass of mongolian larch (Larix sibiricledeb.) forests in the eurasian region [PDF]

, 2019
We used our database of tree biomass with a number of 433 sample trees of Larix from different ecoregions of Eurasia, involving 61 trees from Mongolia for developing an additive model of biomass tree components.
Chasovskikh, V. P., Danilin, I. М., Osmirko, A. A., Tsepordey, I. S., Tsogt, Z., Usoltsev, V. A.   +5 more
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Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia. [PDF]

, 2012
Extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia has long been subject to research and speculation. Here we use a new geo-referenced database of radiocarbon-dated evidence to show that mammoths were abundant in the open-habitat of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (∼45-
Beilman, DW, Kremenetski, KV, Kuzmin, YV, MacDonald, GM, Orlova, LA, Shapiro, B, Van Valkenburgh, B, Wayne, RK   +7 more
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CHINA’S STRATEGY OF ENERGY SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Сравнительная политика, 2015
U.S.recently launched strategy of rebalancing to Asia worsens the atmosphere forChina’s energy security and increases the risks for energy transportation from Africa and theMiddle East.
Xing Li, Chenxin Wang
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