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SITE NAME
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Belkovsky Island, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (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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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Date of ice-break on
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Numbers of lemmings were low and numbers of breeding waders, rather large. Most Arctic Foxes and avian predators concentrated near seabird colonies. In such conditions, the breeding of waders was rather successful.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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