Karelian Anthroponymic Heritage in Russian Zaonezhye
This article analyses non-calendar Karelian anthroponyms identified in archival documents from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on the Zaonezhye Peninsula and testifying to the Karelian heritage of this marker for the culture of the Russian North.
Irma Ivanovna Mullonen
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Karelian Toponymy in the State Index of Place Names: Mistakes Correction
The article tackles the problem that is topical for all areas of Russia with ethnic minority populations: how local toponyms are presented in the State Index of Place Names.
Ekaterina V. Zakharova +2 more
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High Habitat Potential but Limited Connectivity for Brown Bears Throughout Europe
ABSTRACT Aim Large carnivores worldwide have experienced substantial range contractions due to human activities, though several species are recolonising parts of their historical range. We aimed to assess current and potential European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) habitat as well as habitat connectivity on a continental scale. Location The extended
Merijn van den Bosch +79 more
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Local consequences of applying international norms: differences in the application of forest certification in northern Sweden, northern Finland, and northwest Russia [PDF]
Forest certification, developed in the early 1990s, is a process in which independent assessors grant use of the certification label to producers who meet certain environmental and social criteria set for their forest products.
Johansson, J. +3 more
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Peculiarities of the Partisan Movement on the Karelian Front During the Great Patriotic War
Based on the analysis of the archival sources and scientific literature, the peculiarities of the partisan movement on the Karelian Front during the Great Patriotic War are described in the article. The partisan units of the Karelian Front were based not
Verigin Sergey Gennadyevich
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Whole‐Genome Data to Investigate Recent and Historical Dog Introgression Patterns in Italian Wolves
We analyzed whole‐genome data from Italian wolves and dogs to assess the extent, timing, and functional relevance of dog introgression in the Italian wolf. Five wolves showed recent admixture within the last 3–7 generations, while historical introgressions under selection dated to the Bronze and Middle Ages involved genes linked to neuronal plasticity,
D. Battilani +8 more
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The Potential of Industrial Tourism Sites in the Karelian Arctic
This article, devoted to unknown industrial sites in the Karelian Arctic, is based on materials from field re-search carried out in 4 regions of the Karelian Arctic: Segezhskiy, Belomorskiy, Loukhskiy, Kemskiy.
Maria A. Pitukhina +2 more
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Abstract Understanding the pressure conditions of the formation of tonalite‐trondhjemite‐granodiorite (TTG) series rocks is important, as these rocks are key constituents of the Archean continental crust. However, the detailed pressure history of Archean TTG gneisses remains ambiguous due to uncertainties surrounding their sources and the effects of ...
Denggang Lu +6 more
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The Formant -päi (-piäi) in Postpositional Cases (on the Example of Livvi and Ludian Dialects)
Introduction. In contemporary grammars of the newly standardized Karelian language, it is customary to distinguish two postpositional variants of the elative and ablative markers: -späi/-spiäi and -lpäi/-lpiäi.
Aleksandra P. Rodionova +1 more
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The diel niche of brown bears: constraints on adaptive capacity in human‐modified landscapes
Diel activity rhythms, representing the behavioral pattern of the sleep–wake cycle, may be adjusted by wildlife in response to changes in environmental conditions. An increase in nocturnality is typically recognized as an adaptive strategy to segregate from humans and mitigate heat stress. Numerous studies have investigated spatial patterns and habitat
Aurora Donatelli +12 more
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