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SITE NAME
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Gusinaya River, Wrangel Island, 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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24.07
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26.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather in the latter third of 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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| Thirty-two nests and broods of Snowy Owl were found. Pomarine and Long-tailed Skuas also bred at high densities. Arctic Foxes bred everywhere. Breeding waders were undoubtedly successful: broods of Grey Plover, Eastern Golden Plover, Turnstone, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper and Knot were found.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings reached peak numbers - lemming index 27.9.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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