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RESPONDENT
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Vladimir Kalyakin
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SITE NAME
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Varandei settl., Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)479-74-13 // // Shirokaya St., 9-1-260, Moscow, 129282, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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20.07
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25.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather conditions in summer 1993 were favourable.
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rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Numbers of lemmings and Arctic Foxes were extremely low. Predators which feed on rodents mostly did not breed. During aerial counts on 4-5 June, a few single birds and pairs of Oystercatchers were recorded to the east up to Kolguyev island and Medynsky Zavorot. Between 20-25 July broods (i.e. successful breeding) of Rednecked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus, Ruff Philomachus pugnax, Little Stint Calidris minuta, Dunlin and Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula were recorded near Varandei settlement.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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