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SITE NAME
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Keveem River upper reaches, Chukotsky Peninsula, Russia
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(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // Institute of Biological problems of the North, Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Inventory of vertebrates in the vicinity of "Mayskoe" deposit
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Start of survey:
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End
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16.06
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21.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Date of ice-break on
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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Arctic Foxes were not seen, but tracks of Red Fox were found. Ermine was seen in deserted settlement on 16-18.06.
A nest of Rough-legged Buzzards with a clutch of 5 eggs was found at the height of approximately 3.5 m on a metal platform near building in the outskirts of the deserted settlement. Four pairs of Long-tailed Skuas were recorded in the area of 40 sq.km. Owls were not seen. Waders were rare in the area, but we saw alarming pairs of Pacific Golden Plovers, Ringed Plovers and Grey-rumped Tattlers, found nest of Red-necked Stints, saw displaying Temminck's Stint and flashed Common Snipes in willow bushes along river.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Total catching effort for small terrestrial mammals was 250 trap/nights during the survey period, 16-21.06, and resulted in catching of 23 animals, including 5 Brown Lemmings, 1 Grey-sided Vole, 2 North Siberian Voles, as well as Tundra Voles and Northern Red-backed Voles. Arctic Hares were rare in the area, although signs of their activities were seen everywhere. We did not see Northern Pikas, but Arctic Ground Squirrels were common.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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