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SITE NAME
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Dolgyi Island, Barents Sea, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (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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State of the natural systems of Dolgyi Island
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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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28.07
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9
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| July was very warm, and of 26 days in the field only 6 days were not sunny, 4 days with day-time temperature below +14øC and 4 days with precipitation, including 2 days with rain and 2 days with drizzle.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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All dens were occupied by breeding Arctic Foxes. Howvere, fox numbers were not high, presumably, due to low island relief and shortage of denning sites. Arctic Foxes were apparently feeding on bird chicks.
Geese and waders bred on the island in high numbers, and also occurred in huge flocks. Little Stints were so abundant that walking in tundra required caution to prevent trampling of nests.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings, their burrows or droppings were not seen.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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