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SITE NAME
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Pokhodskaya Yedoma in the Kolyma River delta, 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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18.07
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19.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather conditions in summer were considered by local people to be slightly worse than usual; however there were no serious weather fluctuations that could have affected breeding birds.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Snowy Owls and Pomarine Skuas did not breed; several nests of Rough-legged Buzzard, Peregrine and Short-eared Owl were found, the latter being common. Small flocks of Long-tailed Skuas were recorded, but Arctic Foxes were not recorded at all. Waders bred successfully: numerous broods of Eastern Golden Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Pectoral Sandpiper and Bar-tailed Godwit were recorded.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| By 18-20 July, there were average numbers of lemmings, and pikas were numerous in the rocks, as were American Ground Squirrels and hares (especially near human settlements). One Narrow-skulled Vole was caught. Lemming index 8.8.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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