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RESPONDENT
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Diana Solovieva
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SITE NAME
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Kyttyk Peninsula, Chukotsky Peninsula, Russia
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details (phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 812 2306712/812 2306712(fax) // diana_solovyova@mail.ru // Obrucheva 38, Pevek, Chukotsky Okrug, Russia |
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PROJECT DETAILS
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Project name:
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Paleogeography of late Pleistocene and Holocene of West Beringia |
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey:
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Team
size:
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20.07 |
23.08 |
3 |
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WEATHER CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Summer was very warm and dry, adverse weather did not occur. Weather data of the Chaun station are available at the website http://www.infospace.ru. |
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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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Arctic Foxes and Rough-legged Buzzards bred in small numbers. Owls and Pomarine Skuas were not recorded.
The average density of White-fronted Geese on rivers was 0.12 broods/km and 1 birds/km. Their mean brood size was 2.25 chicks (range 1-6, n=4). The density of Bean Geese on rivers was 0.56 broods/km and 6.7 birds/km, with mean brood size 3.17ñ0.55 chicks. Estimates of the proportion of birds breeding were 20.8% and 43.1% in White-fronted and Bean Geese, respectively, while juveniles represented 21.3% and 22.8% of these two species. Breeding success was low in White-fronted Geese, average in swans and high in Bean Geese. |
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Numbers of rodents decreased compared with 2004.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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