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RESPONDENT
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Eugeny Syroechkovski, Jr.
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SITE NAME
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Topographov and Neizvestnaya rivers, 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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30.06
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2.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather conditions during the breeding season were generally favourable, although it was cooler than usual.
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rivers: |
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snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Numbers of Arctic Foxes were low: tracks of a few nomadic foxes and only one inhabited den was found. Single nomad Snowy Owls were observed, and several Pomarine and Long-tailed Skua nests were found. Breeding success of waders was presumably no higher than average and very few broods were observed between 10-15 August.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemming numbers in late June in the Byrranga foothills were average, on the coast they were much lower. A decline in numbers was recorded in August. Lemming index 10.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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