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SITE NAME
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Tadebyayakha River, Gydan Peninsula, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| In subarctic tundra habitats snow cover and frozen rivers melted at the normal time (mid-June). Later on the weather was warm and dry and the breeding season passed rather quickly.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| Little Stints, Ruffs and Red-necked Phalaropes were very abundant. Temminck's Stints Calidris temminckii, Dunlins C. alpina and Ringed Plovers also were numerous. Grey Plovers Pluvialis squatarola, Wood Sandpipers Tringa glareola, Curlew Sandpipers C. ferruginea, Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura and Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus were less common. Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos, Sanderling, Great Snipe Gallinago media and Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica were present during the summer but were not breeding in the area. Generally the breeding conditions for waders were favourable.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemming numbers (especially Siberian Lemmings) were very high, so wandering dogs and Arctic Foxes were not interested in eating bird eggs and chicks.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Lemmus sibiricus | abundant |
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