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SITE NAME
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Lovozersky district, Kola Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 369-7489/4732045(fax) // romian@hotmail.ru // Scherbakovskaya 26-30-135, Moscow, 105318, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Numbers of Common Snipe and Jacksnipe in Lovozersky district, Kola Peninsula
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
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15.06
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9.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| According to the reports of the local hunting managers the season was slightly drier than average.
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rivers: |
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snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Bird reproduction in the vicinity of the Lovozero settlement (district centre) is adversely affected by high numbers of Hooded Crows and Ravens, which occur in an approximate proportion 65:35. These birds are attracted by presence of the reindeer slaughterhouse in winter, landfills and farm. Reproductive success of landbirds in the vast wet floodplain in the middle reaches of the Ponoi River is affected by flooding in spring, although it probably did not occur in 2005.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Area was surveyed previously in the framework of the developing documentation for the State republican zoological reserve "Murmansky tundra zakaznik" (1991).
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