CAN NATIVE PLANT SPECIES BE PRESERVED IN AN ANTHROPOGENIC FOREST LANDSCAPE DOMINATED BY ALIENS? A CASE STUDY FROM MEDITERRANEAN CHILE

Can native plant species be preserved in an anthropogenic forest landscape dominated by aliens? A case study from Mediterranean Chile

Plantations with fast growing exotic tree species can negatively affect native plant species diversity and promote the spread of alien species.Mediterranean Chile experienced major landscape changes with a vast expansion of industrial plantations of Pinus radiata in the past.However, with increasing knowledge of biodiversity effects on ecosystem se

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THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE POPULATION OF THE KALMYK STEPPE OF ASTRAKHAN PROVINCE IN THE LAST THIRD OF XVII-XVIII CENTURIES

The formation of a multi-ethnic state demanded from the Russian authorities a policy that would ensure the integration of the peoples into its constituent states, the dominance of centripetal tendencies, and the strength of its state unity.The Christianization of foreigners, including Kalmyks, was considered one of the important means of achieving

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