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RESPONDENT
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Alexander Kuzmich
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SITE NAME
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Beringovsky Settlement, Chukotsky Peninsula, Russia
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| (3439)368184 // parus_montanus@mail.ru; kamenka@k-uralsk.ru // Sverdlovskaya 20-201, Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsskaya Oblast, 623414 Russia
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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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10.08
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20.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The period of observations in Beringovsky settlement from 10-20 August, was characterized by air temperatures ranging from +6-19°Ñ, frequent fog and rains.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Common birds of the post-breeding period in the Beringovsky vicinity included the Teal, Wood Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Temminck's Stint, Kittiwake, Herring Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Glaucous Gull, Long-tailed Skua, Bluethroat, Buff-bellied Pipit, Little Bunting and Snow Bunting. Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon (75% of juveniles), Common Gull, Turnstone, Dunlin, Wheatear, Redpolls, Lapland Bunting were less abundant. A few records of single birds were made of the Red-necked Phalarope, Western Sandpiper, Common Tern, Glaucous-winged Gull, Arctic Skua, Arctic Warbler. Three Semipalmated Plovers and 2 Mallard females were recorded in the vicinity of the Beringovsky seaport. 5-6 broods of Willow Grouse were recorded on a ca. 20 km long transect to Alkatvaam settlement.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Voles occurred at low densities, and lemmings were not recorded. Arctic Ground Squirrels were common, and locally numerous in the settlement vicinity. Kamchatka black-capped Marmots were recorded 6 times in the area of seabird colonies at Barykov Cape.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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