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Dynamics of Climate and Human Settlement During the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus

PaleoAnthropology, 2022
Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social (behavior and adaptations) factors that governed settlement dynamics of ...
Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Ekaterina V. Doronicheva, Andrey G. Nedomolkin   +3 more
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Integrating habitat suitability, socioeconomics, and infrastructure to assess global biological invasion risk under climate change: A case study of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
We developed an invasion risk index framework that integrates socioeconomic and environmental data using an entropy‐weighting method. The case study highlights the need for region‐specific biosecurity measures for Chilo suppressalis. Abstract BACKGROUND Biological invasion risk is a multifaceted concept that, according to the Food and Agriculture ...
Jinsol Hong, Minyoung Lee, Yongeun Kim, Yun‐Sik Lee, June Wee, Jaejun Song, Taewoo Kim, Jung‐Joon Park, Florian Kraxner, Woo‐Kyun Lee, Youngil Song, Kijong Cho   +11 more
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Kafkas Hattı’nda Kurulan Stratejik Rus Kentleri

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

Insect 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, Ossi Nokelainen, Melanie N. Brien, Cristina Ottocento, Bibiana Rojas, Janne K. Valkonen, Tamar Chunashvili, Tõnis Tasane, Chris D. Jiggins, Johanna Mappes   +9 more
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Impact of global change on the distribution of mountain mammals and birds

Conservation 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, Wilfried Thuiller, Maya Guéguen, Julien Renaud, Piero Visconti, Moreno Di Marco   +5 more
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Turkish policy in the South Caucasus

Проблемы 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
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Digital Crime, Dirty Money and the State: Southeast Asia's Illicit Political Economy and the Rise of Cybercrime

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decade, cyber scamming has expanded rapidly across Southeast Asia. These operations cluster in compounds within business parks, casinos, industrial zones and other real estate developments. Although organized crime is often assumed to thrive where states are weak, this article offers a politically grounded explanation for why ...
Neil Loughlin
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Regional thermal field and geothermal resources of the Caucasus region

Геология и геофизика Юга России, 2023
Актуальность: Возросший в последние десятилетия в мире интерес к альтернативным возобновляемым источникам энергии (ВИЭ) обусловлен не только истощением запасов углеводородного топлива, но и необходимостью решения ряда экологических проблем. Целью статьиявляется выявление перспективы использования термальных вод.
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Spatial structure of the reserve territories of the North Caucasus

Юг 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
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The tree‐parasitic fungus Cryphonectria carpinicola discovered on European chestnut and European hornbeam in Azerbaijan

EPPO Bulletin, EarlyView.
Abstract The ascomycetous fungus Cryphonectria carpinicola is typically found in its asexual form on the European hornbeam, and its sexual state has only recently been discovered in deadwood of different Carpinus species in Japan. Recently, this fungus has been added to the EPPO Alert List due to its increasing incidence in the EPPO region and a ...
Carolina Cornejo, Dilzara Aghayeva, Ludwig Beenken   +2 more
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