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RESPONDENT
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Dmitry Fedorov-Davydov
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SITE NAME
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Akhmelo lake vicinity, Kolyma lowland, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (4967)330595(f)/(495)3366443(h) // muss@orc.ru // Institute of physico-chemical and biological problems in soil sciences, Institutskaya, 2, Puschino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Paleoecological expedition "Beringia"
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
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9.09
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24.09
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather was windy with frequent night frosts and several snowfalls from 10-20 September. Then weather turned calm, clear and relatively warm, but still with frost at nights.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
22.05
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
early June
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
26.05
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Wader were numerous and skuas rare according to reports of local people. Siberian Jays were abundant in September.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
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