Transhumance as a Prism. Toward a Planetary Rural Geography of Mountain Space
Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2026.ABSTRACT Transhumance is a marginal—yet crucial—practice within mountain and rural geographies at a global scale. The term refers to a wide range of extensive grazing systems characterized by the seasonal movement of herds and flocks between different altitudes, within diverse governance systems.
Francesca Sabatini, Giacomo Pettenati
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Territorial Conflict, Domestic Crisis, and the Covid-19 Pandemic in the South Caucasus. Explaining Variegated EU Responses. [PDF]
J Common Mark Stud, 2021 Schumacher T, Günay C.
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Rethinking Networks in Disruption: Dynamics of Embeddedness in Migrant Entrepreneurship
Global Networks, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT The war in Ukraine triggered a wave of migration from Russia, a brain drain. It impacted global networks and embeddedness of Russian migrant entrepreneurs. As little is known about this phenomenon, our study explores how their networks become disrupted and how these entrepreneurs employ agency and resilience to redevelop their embeddedness ...
Maria Ivanova‐Gongne +4 more
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Geolocation reveals wintering sites of near‐extinct Caucasian breeding sea duck
Ibis, Volume 168, Issue 4, Page 1731-1738, October 2026.We obtained 14 sets of full annual cycle geolocator tracks from 13 individual nesting female Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca from the relict Caucasian population at their last remaining breeding site, Lake Tabatskuri, Georgia. Results showed that females wintered at widespread discrete localities in Ukraine, around the coasts of the Crimean Peninsula and
Nika Paposhvili +3 more
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Karyotype characteristics and gene COI sequences of Chironomusbonus Shilova et Dzhvarsheishvili, 1974 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the South Caucasus (Republic of Georgia, Paravani river). [PDF]
Comp Cytogenet, 2022 Karmokov MK.
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Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, October‐December 2026.The genetic results, microbial (Wolbachia) screening and wing spectral characteristics suggested a close relationship between European taxa of the Polyommatus eros species group. Two lineages appear to be undergoing accelerated differentiation, in particular the endangered taxon menelaos, which is differentiated in both genetic and wing spectral ...
Nok Ting Lam +9 more
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Evidence of Extensive Circulation of Yersinia enterocolitica in Rodents and Shrews in Natural Habitats from Retrospective and Perspective Studies in South Caucasus. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Imnadze T +14 more
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Infrastructure and energy projects in the South Caucasus as an instrument for regional integration: a view from Georgia [PDF]
Przegląd GeopolitycznyDue to its energy resources and strategic trade routes, the South Caucasus region remains an area of interest for many major powers and a focal point of geopolitical tensions. The aim of this study is to explain the geopolitical situation in the region,
Giorgi Chavleishvili
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Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan UniversityThe article analyzes the global and regional importance of the South Caucasus region for China from an economic point of view, primarily as a market for its goods, as an area for investment.
Paylak Yengoyan, Zhanna Grigoryan
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Aspects regarding the security environment in South Caucasus
Sfera Politicii, 2012 Transitions from Soviet authoritarianism and planned economies to democracy and market economies have not been successfully completed in any of the three states from South Caucasus.
Lavinia Lupu
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