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RESPONDENT
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Vladimir Morozov
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SITE NAME
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Bolshezemelskaya Tundra, eastern part, southern tundra subzone, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (495)1553044 // piskulka@mtu-net.ru // Shebashevski Proezd, 7-16, Moscow, 125315, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Within southern and typical tundras, spring was exceptionally hot and quick: on 23 May air temperature exceeded +20øC and it was the same up to the end of June. The ice on rivers broke-up on 26-31 May, all seasonal phenology took place about one month earlier (!) than usual. Summer was cool and wet with summer-floods, especially intensive in mid-July.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| The density of Arctic Foxes was high in the northern part of the area and low in the south. Snowy Owl, Rough-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier and skuas bred numerously and successfully.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Within typical tundras and in northern part of southern tundras the number of both lemming species (Siberian Lemming and Collared Lemming) and Narrow-skulled Vole was maximal. In the southern part of the southern tundras, the abundance of Siberian Lemmings was high, it was maximal for Narrow-skulled and Ruddy Voles, and it was also high for some other small mammals (Short-tailed Vole, Ground Vole and Arctic Shrew).
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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