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SITE NAME
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Shirokostan peninsula, Yakutia, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)246-71-54(h)/(095)959-00-33(fax) // ellappo@mail.ru // Biogeography Dep., Institute of Geography, Staromonetny Per., 29, Moscow, 109017, 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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4.08
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6.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The weather in July was quite favourable.
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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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| Arctic Foxes bred successfully having eight to ten pups in each family. Snowy Owls bred at high densities, broods of six to eight well-grown chicks were numerous. Breeding Rough-legged Buzzards were less successful, with the majority of their nests failing for unknown reasons. Skuas had low numbers. Breeding waders seemed successful: broods of Eastern Golden Plover, Grey Plover, phalaropes and Ringed Plover were common.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemming numbers were high to begin with then declined. Lemming index was 14.1 - high numbers.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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