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SITE NAME
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Anadyr Bay northern shore with spits, Isvilistaya River, 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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19.06
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25.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Summer was early, warm and very dry.
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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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| In the start of nesting period weather was favourable, and relatively high density of territorial pairs of many waders (Grey Plover, Turnstone, Dunlin), gulls and terns (colonies of Arctic Tern and Sabine's Gull) and waterfowl (Eider, Brent, Emperor and Bean geese) was recorded. However, predation pressure was relatively high, which took effect in destroying of geese and eider nests by large gulls, predation by Red Foxes in colonies of gulls and Glaucous Gulls, disappearance of clutches of Grey Plovers and Turnstones. Hence, reproductive success of waders and waterfowl can in general be evaluated as average. Disturbance and hunting have seasonal effect on bird reproduction.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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