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SITE NAME
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Agapa River basin, Taimyr, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (3919)468504(h)/(3919)468693(o) // ya.kokorev@norcom.ru // Naberezhnaya Urvantseva 23-271, Norilsk, 663300, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
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29.07
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12.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Snow started melting early and some birds arrived as early as in May, but then prolonged cooling in June followed. July and August were very warm and dry, no rains for more than 50 days. As a result there was very low water level in rivers and many small marshes dried out.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lemmings were not recorded, likewise breeding rodent-specialized predators: Arctic Foxes, owls, Rough-legged Buzzards, skuas, Herring Gulls. Drying out of waterbodies and marshes resulted in low numbers and low reproductive success of waterfowl and most waders. Low abundance of waders caused decrease of density and brood size in Peregrine Falcons. Generally, breeding success can be evaluated as being under average because of reduced breeding densities and productivity.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Counts of waterfowl and other bird, and their broods were carried out on the Agapa River. Peregrine Falcons were counted and ringed, along with studies of their reproductive success, and descriptions of nest territories.
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