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RESPONDENT
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Svetlana Mechnikova
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SITE NAME
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Schuchya River, middle reaches, Yamal Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (495) 367-60-56 // mechnikova@rambler.ru // Russia, 105043 Moscow, 3-ya Parkovaya, 8/19, apartm. 50
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring was the earliest of the last 18 years: ice on rivers disappeared in mid-May, and snow in the tundra melted completely by mid-June. Summer was prolonged and rainy.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
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mid June
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| Long-tailed Skua, Snowy Owl and Rough-legged Buzzard bred numerously. The proportion of birds in the diet of Rough-legged Buzzard (according to pellet analysis) was considerable. Along the river, Common Sandpiperwas more numerous than normal and Terek Sandpiper was quite abundant. Amongst waders breeding in the tundra, Ruffs were absent and the abundance of other waders was lower than usual. They occurred patchily (particularly Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit).
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Rodent dynamics:
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| The density of Narrow-skulled Vole was very high, and of Ruddy Vole and lemmings it was fairly high.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Clethrionomys rutilus | common |
| Microtus gregalis | abundant |
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Summary
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