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SITE NAME
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Yuribey village, Gydan Peninsula, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| In the subarctic tundra habitats, snow cover disappeared in mid-June and the ice on the frozen river Yuribey broke up at the end of June.
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| Date of ice-break on
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late June
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mid June
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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Arctic Foxes were abundant, and Snowy Owls were numerous in the first half of the summer although they did not breed. Skuas also did not breed, and their numbers decreased during the summer. Breeding efforts of Rough-legged Buzzard were unfavourable - c. 70% of nests disappeared. Breeding success of waders (Dunlin, Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialisfulva, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula, Red-necked Phalarope Phalarapus lobatus) was probably also low.
Little Stint, Temminck's Stint C. temminckii and Ruff finished breeding with better results than other species. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, Curlew Sandpiper, Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago, Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura, and probably Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola and Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos were breeding in low numbers. Generally the breeding season for waders was not successful.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| After the peak in the numbers of Siberian Lemming in 1988, a rapid population decline was noticed, and numbers of both species of lemmings decreased during the summer to very low levels of abundance.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Lemmus sibiricus | rare |
| Dicrostonyx torquatus | rare |
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