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RESPONDENT
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Irina Pokrovskaya
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SITE NAME
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Gydan State Reserve, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)242-15-27/959-0033(f) // // 3-ya Frunzenskaya St., 1-30, Moscow, 119270, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Gydan State Reserve field studies
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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5.08
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25.08
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5
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Stormy weather of late July - early August improved later.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes were common and one den with large pups was found. Snowy Owls were also common and possibly bred somewhere in the area, because dark-plumaged young birds were seen among them. No breeding of Rough-legged Buzzard recorded, while a nest of Peregrine Falcon with young was found. Among skuas only wandering rare Long-tailed were seen. It is worth to note that Rock Ptarmigans were numerous with successfully fledged young among them. Numerous waders and ducks also successfully fledged.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings were at their low in August as a single juvenile Siberian Lemming was recorded and captured.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Available in scientific report of the Gydan Reserve.
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