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SITE NAME
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Mutnaya and Morda-Yakha rivers, lower reaches, westernYamal, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // ecostation@lbt.salekhard.ru // Ecological Station, Zeleunaya gorka St., 21, Labytnangi, Tyumenskaya oblast, 629400, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| The timing of spring was average. During the nesting period the weather remained warm, July was even hot.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes did not breed. Snowy Owls were not recorded; single pairs of Rough-legged Buzzard and Parasitic Skua bred, whilst at the same time the departure of Rough-legged Buzzards and all skua species was observed. Numbers of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus s.l. were noticeably low. Breeding was recorded for Common Snipe and Pintail Snipe. Numbers of Dunlin remained stable, while the number of Golden Plover, Little Stint, Red-necked Phalarope and especially Temminck's Stint increased whilst Ruff decreased compared with previous years. For the majority of wader species breeding was successful.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Increases in Collared Lemming and vole numbers were recorded, while Siberian Lemmings were absent.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Dicrostonyx torquatus | common |
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Summary
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