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SITE NAME
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Laplandsky State Reserve, Kola Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 81536-58018/81536-58018(f) // Alex@lapland.ru // Laplandsky State Reserve, Zeleuny per., 8, Monchegorsk, 184506, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Archives of Nature of the Laplandsky State Reserve
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
size: |
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1
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Snow cover reached 50% on 7 May and had gone completely on 9 May in forested valleys, but in mountains above tree-line 50% snow cover was reached on 14 May. Flowing of major streams occurred on 2 May. The season was early and cold. Monthly mean temperatures and precipitation were below the long-term average in August-December, but exceeded the long-term average by 0.3-3.5øC in January-July. Weather conditions were favourable in the beginning of the season, but from 14-29 June cold rainy weather prevailed and air temperature dropped to +2øC (daily average to +6øC) causing death of chicks in 4 of 16 nests of Pied Flycatcher.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
7.05
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
2.05
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
9.05
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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Ermines and Least Weasels were rare, while Common Marten and other mammalian predators occurred in usual numbers. Osprey, Rough-legged Buzzard, Northern Goshawk, Gyrfalcon and Merlin bred, while owls were rare and did not nest. White-winged and Red crossbills started nesting from early March. Waterfowl occurred in usual numbers, but Black and Hazel grouse numbers, probably, increased. Density of Golden Plovers was approximately 1 pair per 1 km of transect in alpine zone in June, but they were not recorded at all on 11 August.
The heavy crop of birch seeds (the highest 5th rank) enables wintering of redpolls, while crop of spruce, pine and cloudberry was low. Crop of crowberry deserved rank 4 of 5, while crop of bilberry and cowberry was approximately 3-4.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Vole numbers were high, while lemmings were not recorded.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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