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RESPONDENT
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Y. Kozhevnikov
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SITE NAME
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Bolshaya Kheta River lower reaches, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather conditions were favourable except for a period of prolonged cold in spring.
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BIOTIC
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Rough-legged Buzzards were rare (2 pairs in 50 km2), but bred successfully. Long-tailed Skuas were not numerous and fed mostly on rodents. Owls were not recorded. The following waders bred quite successfully: Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Temmincks Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura, Common Snipe and Great Snipe G. media.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Numbers of lemmings and voles were not large.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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