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RESPONDENT
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Alexander Kuzmich
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SITE NAME
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Meinypylgyno settlement vicinity, Chukotka, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (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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8.09
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28.09
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather conditions at Meinypilgyno on 8 - 28 September were warm but wet, with daytime air temperatures +10-14°Ñ and frequent rain and fog, particularly after 18 September.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Long-tailed Skuas were common at all visited sites, while Arctic Skuas were less abundant. Pekulneyskoe Lake and Meinypilgyno area was used as a hunting territory by a Gyrfalcon, and an adult Golden Eagle was recorded once. Steller's Sea Eagle was observed on the sea coast between Khatyrka and Meinypilgyno on 8 September. An observation of a flock of 12 Snow Geese flying over Meinypilgyno settlement on 27 September is noteworthy.
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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.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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