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Global patterns of treeline predictability and the gap between the forest and the treeline

Ecography, EarlyView.
The alpine treeline is the highest elevation at which trees can grow, which is assumed to be controlled by temperature and globally predictable. However, many upper forest limits (UFLs) do not reach this elevation, due natural factors and human disturbance.
Erickson G. Urquiaga‐Flores, Michael Kessler, Maaike Y. Bader   +2 more
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Hominin Occupation of the North-Central Caucasus During the Middle Paleolithic: New Results from Saradj-Chuko Grotto and the State of Research

PaleoAnthropology
The north-central Caucasus region—located between the highest Caucasian volcanic mountain peaks of Elbrus (5642 m asl) and Kazbek (5034 m asl) — is notable as the area producing the only obsidian source (called Baksan or Zayukovo) known in the Northern ...
E.V. Doronicheva, L.V. Golovanova, V.B. Doronichev, T.F. Tregub, V.A. Tselmovitch, A.S. Korzinova, Yu. N. Spasovskiy, A.G. Nedomolkin, M.A. Volkov   +8 more
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Church and State development in the Eastern Caucasus in the second half of the 19th century (based on the sermons of archpriest Nikolai Kotlyarevsky) [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
The study of confessional issues in the Eastern Caucasus, using the example of the activities of Archpriest N.V. Kotlyarevsky, the study is devoted to, it examines the issues of moral development of the Orthodox population of the Eastern Caucasus, the ...
Abidat Gazieva
doaj   +1 more source

Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically interrogates peace processes in the aftermath of the First Nagorno‐Karabakh War by centering the lived experiences and political voices of Armenian and Azerbaijani internally displaced and refugee women, based on ethnographic fieldwork and in‐depth interviews conducted in 2019.
Ramil Zamanov
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Origins of De Facto States: Searching for Explanation Models

Международная аналитика, 2022
Interview with Laurence BroersLaurence Broers is the South Caucasus Programme Director at the peacebuilding organization Conciliation Resources. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a scholar of conflicts in the South Caucasus and practitioner of ...
L. Broers
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Body Size, Dental Pathology, and Maternal Genetic Diversity of Ancient Horses in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region and Western Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The early evolutionary history of modern domestic horses (Equus caballus/Equus ferus caballus), known as the DOM2 lineage, is well documented due to numerous archaeological and ancient DNA (aDNA) studies. Although many uncertainties remain in the domestication timeline, current evidence suggests that the domestication of modern horses began in
Johanna Honka, Daniela Salazar, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Gulshat Sh. Asylgaraeva, Markku Niskanen, Kristiina Mannermaa, Suvi Olli, Noora Piipponen, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Renat R. Valiev, Laura Kvist   +14 more
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THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AS A REASON OF SOCIO-POLITICAL TENSION IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS [PDF]

, 2022
The culture-ideological factors that affect the growth of tension in the North Caucasus region are discussed in the paper. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenon of religious renaissance which has played a key role in socio-cultural development ...
Andrey Ivanovich Lukienko
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Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

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, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The European Union's Policy towards Central Asia and South Caucasus: a Coherent Strategy? Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Papers 1/2012 [PDF]

, 2012
In 2007 the European Union (EU) launched the Eastern Partnership, including the South Caucasus, while simultaneously addressing Central Asia through a “Strategy for a New Partnership”.
Aubert, Laurène
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Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury, Sarah Gora, Hannes Dempewolf, Mauricio Diazgranados, Alex C. McAlvay, Vania Azevedo, Sam Brockington, Ángela Cano, Daniel Carver, Carly Cowell, Peter Crane, Cary Fowler, Peter Giovannini, Luigi Guarino, Robbie Hart, Geoff Hawtin, Sarada Krishnan, Charlotte Lusty, Patricia Malcolm, Nan McCarry, Abby Meyer, Allison Miller, Ray Mims, Tara Moreau, Arshiya Noorani, Susan K. Pell, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Erin C. Riordan, Stefan Schmitz, Paul Smith, Charles Spillane, Alvaro Toledo, Raakel Toppila, Maarten van Zonneveld, Emily Warschefsky, Peter Wenzl   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source