Aesthetic Value of Colluvial Blocks in Geosite-Based Tourist Destinations: Evidence from SW Russia
Geosciences, 2020 Nature-based tourism is stimulated by the aesthetic properties of landscapes, and particular elements of the latter determine the overall scenic beauty. Big stones on forested mountain slopes are among such elements.
Dmitry A. Ruban +3 more
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Epiphytic lichen biota of Prielbrusie National Park (Northern Caucasus, Russia)
Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2021 We report on the diversity of epiphytic lichens and allied non-lichenised fungi in two forest sites in the Prielbrusie National Park (Northern Caucasus, Russia). Each forest site was represented by a 1-ha square.
Gennadii P. Urbanavichus +3 more
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A new species of the weevil genus Ubychia Rost, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Brachycerinae) from the North-Western Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2020 A brief morphological characteristic of the genus Ubychia Rost, 1893 is given. Ubychia abagoensis Davidian et Arzanov, sp. n. is described from the Caucasian State Nature Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Adygea, Russia.
G.E. Davidian +2 more
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The first record of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) in Russia in the context of the contemporary distribution of this species in the Western Palaearctic [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021 Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) is recorded for the Great Caucasus and Russia (Dagestan) for the first time. The peculiarities of the species distribution in the Caucasus are discussed and records in Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan ...
D.V. Morgun, E.V. Ilyina
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The Forests of the Western Caucasus [PDF]
The Journal of Ecology, 1914 The following is a brief phytogeographical sketch of the forests of the western portion of the Caucasus range, which I visited in 1912 as a member of the excursion to the Caucasus and Armenia arranged and conducted by Prof. M. Rikli of Ztirich, whose " Naturwissenschaftliche Studienreisen " are so well known to and appreciated by botanists, as well as ...
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Neanderthals were widespread during the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) across Europe and Asia, including the Caucasus Mountains. Occupying the border between eastern Europe and West Asia, the Caucasus is important region regarding the Neanderthal occupation of
Ekaterina V. Doronicheva +3 more
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Islam in the North-Western Caucasus [PDF]
CEMOTI, 2004 Since 11 September 2001 Islam and Islamic fundamentalism, in particular, have been at the centre of media, academic and political debate in the West, the Islamic East and in the post-communist Eurasia. This debate, however, has been dominated by a decontextualized approach portraying Islamic radicalism as a homeless global force, disconnected from real
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Scopaeus chalcodactylus Kolenati, 1846 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), a new species of rove beetles for the fauna of Russia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2014 The rove beetle Scopaeus chalcodactylus (Kolenati, 1846) is for the first time recorded for the territory of the North Caucasus (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic), this finding moreover constitutes the first record of the species for the Greater Caucasus and
A.A. Aiydov, J. Frisch
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Fluctuations of the Fisht Glacier (West Caucasus) over 1909–2015
Лëд и снег, 2017 We have generalized observation data on the Fisht Glacier – the most western glacier in the Caucasus located at Pshekha and Belaya rivers headwaters at elevation 2450–2750 m asl.
A. V. Pogorelov +3 more
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A new species of the genus Phosphuga Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Silphidae) from the North-Western Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2011 A new species Phosphuga ruzickai Khachikov, sp. n. is described from the North-Western Caucasus.
E.A. Khachikov
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