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RESPONDENT
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Pavel Tomkovich
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SITE NAME
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Belyaka Spit, Chukotka, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (495)6294474/(495)629-48-25(fax, for P. Tomkovich) // pst@zmmu.msu.ru // Zoological Museum, Bolshaya Nikitskaya St., 6, Moscow, 125009, 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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2
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| In the northern part of the peninsula snow-melt was late, starting about 10 June. The summer was warm and dry.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| The late spring influenced the species composition of breeding waders: Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint did not breed. There was a lower number of the Ringed Plover. Temminck Stint, Dunlin. Breeding success was low in the Grey Plover and Turnstone. The other breeding waders finished their breeding season successfully: over 70% of nests survived to hatching in the Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus, Dunlin, Temminck's Stint and Red-necked Phalarope. There were very good feeding conditions (much insect food) for waders.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| After two years of lemming absence, Collared Lemmings Dicrostonyx torquatus appeared in small numbers this year.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Dicrostonyx torquatus | rare |
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Summary
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