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SITE NAME
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Espenberg Cape, Alaska, USA
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (907) 786-3518/(907) 786-3636(f) // joel_schmutz@usgs.gov // Alaska Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 701 1011 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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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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15.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Local villagers indicated that it was the latest spring in many years. Nests of divers were not initiated until the second week of June. Large lakes still contained substantial ice on June 20.
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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 seen more commonly than in 2000 and nest predation was very high. Nest survival of divers was below 5%, compared with approximately 25% in 2000.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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