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RESPONDENT
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Marina Koroleuva
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SITE NAME
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Malaya Logata River mouth, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Average August temperature was 11.2øC. In August there was much precipitation and the water level in the river increased by 2 m.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Three inhabited Arctic Fox dens with one to three puppies were found within 10 km from the camp. Rough-legged Buzzards bred in large numbers: six nests (containing two nestlings on average) were recorded on a 25 km survey route.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| During this month a slight increase in lemming numbers was recorded; their population density ranged in different habitats from 1-20 ind./100 traps/day.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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