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RESPONDENT
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Eugeni Potapov
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SITE NAME
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Lower Kolyma region, Yakutia, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (46)(0)18-55-98-88 // //
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Start of survey:
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Breeding of waders occurred at the usual time. Spring floods occurred because of thick snow cover. Therefore waders bred patchily, but at high density. June was cool and July hot.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes were not numerous. Snowy Owl did not breed. Long-tailed Skua, Arctic Skua and Short-eared Owl bred. Generally the breeding season was very successful for all waders.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| The abundance of Siberian Lemming increased twice but did not reach the maximal levels.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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