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RESPONDENT
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Didier Vangeluwe
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SITE NAME
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Franz Josef Land Archipelago, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (322)6274355/(322)6494825 // // Institut Royal des Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Franz Jozef Land Expedition
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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15.08
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4.09
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20
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Conditions were extreme: extremely dense fog alternate with blizzard winds and between ... sun!
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rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Calidris maritima (the only native wader species) was observed breeding; same for Somateria molissima; - no breeding records for Branta bernicla hrota; - abundant breeding of cliff community: auks and gulls.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Auks present, breeding and detailed studies done. Data on abundance and productivity area available for Calidris maritima, Somateria molissima, Branta bernicla hrota, Larus hyperboreus and Rissa tridactyla.
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