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SITE NAME
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Bolshevik Island, south, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (095)135-71-39(off.)/198-10-24(h)/954-55-34(fax) // // Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski pr., 33, Moscow, 119071 RUSSIA
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Demography of soil ticks
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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3.09
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4.09
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| Snow was 0.7-0.8 m thick by the start of spring. Air temperatures raised above freezing point from 6 June, and snow-free patches appeared on 10 June. Summer was cold. Air temperatures around +1-2øC were common in July, and non-melting patches of snow were unusually abundant.
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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 seen, and Arctic Foxes were rare. Snowy Owls were not recorded, while in 2000 they were common.
Glaucous Gulls arrived on 26 April, Kittiwakes on 4 June, Brent Geese on 5 June and Snowy Buntings on 29 April. Numbers of Brent Geese were higher than in 2000 and they bred.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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