THE EFFECT OF SAMPLING BIAS ON EVALUATING THE DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF IRANIAN SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE)

The Effect of Sampling Bias on Evaluating the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Iranian Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)

Although spiders constitute a highly diversified group of animals, the knowledge regarding their geographic distribution (i.e., the so-called Wallacean shortfall) and diversity patterns is incipient on a global scale; while attempts to explore such patterns have been made for the highly diversified Neotropical fauna, several Old World regions are h

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SOVIET CONSTRUCTION IN THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE NORTH-CAUCASUS REGION (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE GERMAN POPULATION)

The article analyzes the main goals, objectives and mechanisms of Soviet construction in the national environment, taking into account the specifics of the German population of the North-Caucasus region (19241934).This problem remains relevant because it is poorly studied, as well as due to the growth of scientific interest in the history of small

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