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Objective of research. Data on the species composition of the fauna of multicellular parasites and the infection rates of the pope ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus Linnaeus, 1758 from Mordovian floodplain of the Saratov reservoir (the middle part) are ...
O. V. Mineeva
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The Shrinking Caspian Sea: Eco‐Hydrological Responses to Human and Climate Pressures
Abstract The Caspian Sea, the Earth's largest inland water body, faces water level decline, drawing comparisons to the collapse of the Aral Sea. Unlike the Aral Sea, the relative roles of climatic variability, hydrological changes, and anthropogenic pressures on the Caspian Sea remain poorly understood.
Jesse Duku +27 more
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Southern Cis-Urals in the Great Migration Period – Archaeological and Geographical Context
The article considers the geography of studied archaeological sites dating back to the first half of the 1st Millennium A.D. located in the steppes of the Southern Urals and the Lower Volga region. According to the author, the localization of these sites
Ivanov Vladimir A.
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Patterns of Freshwater Fish Vulnerability in European Rivers
ABSTRACT European rivers are home to more than 600 native freshwater‐dependent fish species, with nearly half of them raising some level of conservation concern. Tackling this decline requires prioritising efforts towards the most vulnerable communities, at a spatial scale aligned with river restoration.
Daniel Mameri +7 more
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ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka +7 more
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About the Cultural Affiliation of the Neolithic Monuments at the Kama River Mouth
The paper deals with the issues of the cultural affiliation of the Neolithic assemblages at the Kama River mouth. The stroked and combed pottery assemblages identified here were initially attributed by A.Kh. Khalikov to the Volga-Kama culture. But, later,
Anatoly V. Somov
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The Versatile Talent of the Researcher
The article is devoted to Marina Dmitrievna Poluboyarinova, a renowned scholar, specialized in the archeology and history of medieval Russia, Volga Bulgaria and the Golden Horde. The principal stages of her life and scientific activity are highlighted. M.
Zeleneev Yuriy A.
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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A Word about Rustem Sultanovich Gabyashev
The article contains reminiscences about Rustem Sultanovich Gabyashev (1941-2010), an outstanding Kazan archaeologist, researcher of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic in the Volga-Kama region A colleague of the researcher narrates about his career and ...
Kalinina I.V.
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Abstract Current precipitation analysis focuses on extreme events or total amounts but misses a critical question: when does the majority of precipitation occur during the year? We introduce a framework that separates two fundamental aspects of precipitation patterns: how many of the wettest individual days contribute to annual totals versus what is ...
Saurav Bhattarai +2 more
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