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RESPONDENT
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Ivetta Tatarinkova
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SITE NAME
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Ainovy Islands, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (815-33)-223-19 (off.)/(815-33)-232-50 (fax.) // // Rechnaya St., 1-20, Kandalaksha,184040, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring started very early: snow finished melting in mid-May in the Aynov Islands, compared to the long-term average snow-melt date of 27 May. The weather during spring and summer was warm but characterised by heavy rains.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| In the coastal tundra there were no lemmings, and the number of Arctic Foxes was not as high as usual. There were losses of recently-hatched wader broods observed on islands after heavy rains. The autumn migration of Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima, Dunlin C. alpina, Curlew Sandpiper C. ferruginea, Little Stint C. minute, Ruff Philomachus pugnax and other species was characterised by very low numbers, suggesting low breeding success.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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