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SITE NAME
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Popigay River mouth, Taimyr, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The weather during most of the summer was cold with strong winds and rains.
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BIOTIC
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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Arctic Foxes were scarce and only one inhabited den was found. In total, 18 nests of Rough-legged Buzzard (each with three to five nestlings) were found. Long-tailed Skuas commonly bred, while Parasitic Skuas were recorded only in transit in small flocks or in pairs. Herring Gulls in the study area were not numerous. Among breeding waders Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Ruff, Little Stint, Dunlin, Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius and Pectoral Sandpiper were common; Bar-tailed Godwit, Red-necked Phalarope, Temminck's Stint, Ringed Plover and Curlew Sandpiper were comparatively more scarce. Although weather conditions were unfavourable and the number of lemmings was low, wader breeding success turned out to be average.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemming numbers were rather low and variable in different parts of the study area.
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Rodent species recorded:
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