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Mapping of Potential Show Caves in the Racha Limestone Massif (Country of Georgia) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
: The Racha limestone massif is located in the eastern part of the karst zone of western Georgia. The massif is a typical example of Georgian mountain karst regions, where diverse surface and subsurface karst landforms are found.
Asanidze, Lasha   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The role of Alpine botanical gardens in integrating germplasm bank collections and mission

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
This study underscores the vital role of Alpine botanical gardens (ABGs) in safeguarding Europe's alpine biodiversity amid climate change and habitat loss. By acting as living laboratories and reservoirs of plant genetic resources, ABGs bridge ex situ and in situ conservation, supporting ecosystem resilience and informing restoration strategies.
Marco Canella   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correctable or not? The case of plant epithets derived from the Elbrus/Elburs Mountains in Iran, with further notes on taxonomic grey literature

open access: yesTAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Plant name epithets (as well as names of other organisms governed by the ICN), which are derived from geographic names, are not correctable when their original spelling was intentional and based on contemporary linguistic realities, even if it is currently considered outdated.
Alexander N. Sennikov, Irina V. Belyaeva
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

Expanding security eastward: NATO and US military engagement in Georgia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This repository item contains a single issue of Behind the Breaking News, a briefing published from 1999 to 2009 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
DeTemple, Lt. Col. James
core   +1 more source

A ‘Wholly Unjustifiable Treatment of British Subject’? The Detention of W. T. Goode in the Baltic, 1919

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
wiley   +1 more source

Turkish policy in the South Caucasus

open access: yesПроблемы постсоветского пространства, 2018
The South Caucasus region traditionally has an important role to play in global politics. This region for centuries has been an arena of confrontation for geopolitical and geostrategic interests between regional states and world powers; this affected the
M. S. Suvanova
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic and phenotypic variation in wood tiger moths from the Caucasus: insights into male warning color variation

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Coloration serves several fitness‐related functions, including thermoregulation, immunity, social signaling, sexual selection, and predator avoidance. Consequently, color polymorphism can have a significant impact on a species’ interactions with its environment, including its relationships with predators, prey, and potential mates. The wood tiger moth (
Juan A. Galarza   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial structure of the reserve territories of the North Caucasus

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2015
Spatial accommodation and categories of the Northern Caucasus restricted natural territories are analyzed (preserves, national parks, nature reserves and the restricted ecological-spa region of the Caucasus Mineral Waters.
A. G. Krokhmal
doaj   +1 more source

Turkey's global strategy: Turkey and the Caucasus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Turkey has had long-standing links with the region called the ‘South(ern) Caucasus’, comprised of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, including the de-facto independent entities of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The area was, for a long time,
Oskanian, Kevork
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