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SITE NAME
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Kolyuchin Island, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Summer was less hot than in 2002, but amount of precipitaion was small in July. Autumn was warm and prolonged.
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BIOTIC
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| At least 4 Arctic Foxes inhabited the island in August -September, but it is not known whether they bred. Arctic Foxes fed in the colony of seabirds. Sea completely cleared from ice near Kolyuchin Island after storm in mid August and about 20 Polar Bears came to the island. They stayed near the seabird colony, and were source of disturbance for birds on rocks. Two pairs of Peregrine Falcons bred on the island and one Gyrfalcon was seen. Already fledged juvenile Glaucous Gulls perished en mass, and we found 22 dead birds per 500 m of the route along the coast. A White-crowned Sparrow was seen in a flock of Snow Buntings in mid October.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Rodents were not observed on the island.
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Rodent species recorded:
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