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SITE NAME
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Zolotoy Khrebet, Anadyr Bay, Chukotsky Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)246-71-54(h)/(095)959-00-33(fax) // ellappo@mail.ru // Biogeography Dep., Institute of Geography, Staromonetny Per., 29, Moscow, 109017, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Arctic Expedition of RAN and Working Group on Geese
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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10.06
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27.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Snow cover reduced to 50% by 5 June, and melt off complete around 10 June. Summer was early, warm and very dry. Extremal events were not recorded. Weather conditions at the start of summer were favourable for bird reproduction.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
5 June
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
10 June
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lemmings had average numbers locallly at foothills and Arctic Foxes were common. We found 3 nests of Rough-legged Buzzards, 5 nests of Snowy Owls with 7-8 eggs or chicks (the only breeding area from surveyed by us on Chukotka). Skuas, including Pomorine, nested too. Pressure of hunting is seasonal. Nesting success of geese, waders, gulls and Sandhill Crane was evaluated as high.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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