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Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming climate, the knock‐on effects of a diminishing snowpack may reduce the hunting success of multiple large carnivore species.
Benjamin K. Sullender   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trollius austrosibiricus (Ranunculaceae), a new species from South Siberia [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 2019
Trollius austrosibiricus Erst & Luferov, sp. nov., a new species from Russian South Siberia is described and illustrated. This new species is endemic to Western and Central Siberia.
Andrey Erst   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
wiley   +1 more source

On the Problem of Determination the Status of a Minor Victim in the Russian Criminal Legislation

open access: yesVestnik Omskoj Ûridičeskoj Akademii, 2012
In the article the authors deal with the problem of the determination the status of the person under-age as a victim in the Russian criminal legislation.
Kuznetsova I. A., Kuznetsov A. V.
doaj   +2 more sources

Occurrence and Genetic Diversity of Kemerovo Virus in Ixodid Tick of Western Siberia

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2017
Kemerovo virus (KEMV), a member of Reoviridae family, Orbivirus genus, is transmitted by ixodes ticks and can cause the damage of human central nervous system. The occurrence and genetic diversity of KEMV in Western Siberia still remained poorly studied,
S. E. Tkachev   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hired Childcare and Changing Maternal Perceptions Among the Urban Poor: Baby Farming in the Western Lands of Late Imperial Russia

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores baby farming in the western regions of late imperial Russia, framing it as a childcare practice of the lower‐classes – a form of crèche for working mothers. The article delves into the public discourse surrounding baby farming among the educated strata and contrasts it with how this practice was viewed by the lower ...
Ekaterina Oleshkevich
wiley   +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

Optimization of Work of Departments of Internal Affairs in the Context of the Federal Law "On Police"

open access: yesСибирское юридическое обозрение, 2011
The authors consider optimization of work of departments of internal affairs taking into account the Federal law "On Police".
Larisa Anatolievna Archibasova   +1 more
doaj  

Western Siberia, a review of Holocene climatic changes [PDF]

open access: yesЖурнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология, 2009
This article generalizes published palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic data based on pollen and other proxy data for Holocene of Western Siberia and describes the most significant palaeoreconstructions and hypothesis in explanation of past climatic ...
Tatiana A. Blyakharchuk
doaj  

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

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