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RESPONDENT
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Pavel Nikolsky
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SITE NAME
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Novaya Sibir Island, southern and eastern coast, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 230-80-84(w)/128-60-76(h) // // Russia, 119017, Moscow, Pyzhevsky per, 7, Geological Institute
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Zhokhov-2000
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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3.07
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28.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| Season was unusually warm and dry. Ice retained near southern coast relatively long - until mid August, and afterwards ice fields were occasonally brought to the coast.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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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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| Lemmings, Arctic Foxes and Snowy Owls were very rare. We saw two families of wolves, tracks of Polar Bear at the north and young bear female with cubs passed through the camp at the south.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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