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SITE NAME
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Kanin Peninsula, north-western part, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The first significant warming happened unusually early (3 April), but spring in general was cold and late. By 31 May partial snow-cover still remained at the coastal areas, snow disappeared by 2-4 June. Ice broke up in the lower reaches of rivers on 5-7 June. On the lakes, ice had melted by 10 June. A similar pattern was observed in placor tundras approximately one week later. In summary, phenological events were only five to seven days later than usual. The weather in summer was moderate without sharp temperature drops or hot days, but rather dry and windy.
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| Date of ice-break on
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5-7.06
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BIOTIC
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes (as reported by local people) were common in winter, although less so in summer. Rough-legged Buzzards had average numbers at the placor tundras but were absent at the coasts. Numbers of Long-tailed Stercorarius longicaudus and Arctic S. parasiticus Skuas were low, and large gulls were less abundant than on average, with most not breeding. Mass breeding was recorded in Little Stint. On 22-25 June coastal areas were flooded during extremely high tides, as a result of which many wader nests were destroyed. Some birds laid replacement clutches later. The success of surviving nests was average.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemming numbers were moderately high and voles had very high numbers.
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Rodent species recorded:
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