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RESPONDENT
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Lyudmila Maltseva
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SITE NAME
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Chegitun settl., Chukotsky Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // anadyr-museum@yandex.ru //
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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30.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring was cold and prolonged according to reports of local people. The sea was ice-covered at arrival on 30 July, and eider broods were absent on the lagoon, where normally they had appeared in mid July. August was warm, and rains were rare.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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A pair of wolves were observed in the last dates of July. Brown Bears were less abundant than previously.
Two eider broods containing 8 chicks in total appeared on the lagoon in late August. Herring Gulls were unusually abundant, and we counted approximately 200 birds feeding on the lagoon or in the sea near-by. A pair of Ravens nested on a borderline tower, and a nest of Rough-legged Buzzrds containing 2 young chicks was found in August on a rocky slope.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings were not recorded, and voles were considerably less abundant than in 2004. Arctic Ground-squirreles were not recorded at a colony where they had been abundant in the previous 3 years.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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