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RESPONDENT
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Eugeny Syroechkovski, Jr.
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SITE NAME
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Tessema River upper reaches, northern Taimyr, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)246-71-54/(095)124-79-32 // ees@gcnet.ru // Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski prospekt, 33, Moscow, 117071, 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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27.06
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28.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather conditions in the breeding season were considered severe, as usual, although the weather in late June was sunny and warm.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| Rodent-feeding birds almost did not breed. In August a young Snowy Owl was found dead at the Cheluskin Point. Herring Gulls and Glaucous Gulls bred in some canyons and all three species of skuas were observed on migration. In the southern part of the survey area (30 km2) the only inhabited den of Arctic Fox was found; single nomadic animals were also recorded. During June, clutches of Grey Plover, Dotterel, Turnstone and Little Stint were incubated. Wader breeding success was probably better than average: broods of Purple Sandpipers were quite common in August at Cheluskin Point.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Collared Lemmings were recorded in low numbers in the Tessema river basin. Catching returned lemming index of 13.7 which corresponds to high numbers.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Dicrostonyx torquatus | abundant |
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Summary
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