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RESPONDENT
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Arkadi Savinetski
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SITE NAME
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Chegitun River basin, Chukotsky Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)422-26-52 // // Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski prospekt, 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| In the tundra to the south of Uelen and in the basin of the Chegitun river, the summer was warm; July was hot and dry, and August was wet.
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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 and Snowy Owls were absent. Rough-legged Buzzard bred in low numbers on the Chegitun, feeding on birds, Northern Pika, and Arctic Ground Squirrels. Breeding success of waders was considered to be moderate.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Abundance of rodents was extremely low.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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