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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 Josef Land Expedition
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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14.08
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2.09
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20
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather was much more extreme (cold) than in 1991.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| No waterfowl observed breeding, only gulls and auks. Arctic foxes were much more abundant than in 1991, predating gull-auks colonies.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| auks present and breeding
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