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RESPONDENT
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Anatoli Gavrilov
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SITE NAME
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Lukunskaya River lower reaches, Taimyr, Russia
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| Contact details
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| 2-10-97/2-12-39 // // Taimyr State Nature Reserve, PB 131, Khatanga, Krasnoyarski krai, 663260, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring was late and cold. Average daily temperatures exceeded 0øC on 10 June. Snow cover started to disappear only on 17 June. Spring river floods passed rapidly and the water level was high. The summer was generally cold, especially in June, while August was relatively warm.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Single Arctic Foxes were recorded rather frequently, but no inhabited dens were found. Rodent-feeding birds did not breed. Among waders, single nests were found only in Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria and Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago. Bar-tailed Godwits were almost absent, while in 1989 their number in the same area was very large. For all birds, breeding conditions were extremely unfavourable.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Only one lemming was observed during the whole season.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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