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SITE NAME
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Amguema River, middle and lower reaches, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // Institute of Biological problems of the North, Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring was early, with the snow melting during the first 10 days of 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 did not reproduce (in the lower region of the river), Red Foxes reproduced only in low numbers. Both these predators mainly occurred in the river flood plain, where higher numbers of Arctic Ground Squirrel and Willow Grouse occurred. As a result, chicks and recently-fledged waders were mainly noted outside the floodplains.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| There was a noticeably strong reduction in numbers of Collared Lemming and Siberian Lemming with a low density of the Tundra Vole.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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