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SITE NAME
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Bolshevik Island, north, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (495)748-0552/(495)748-0553(fax) // avolkov@iscmoscow.ru // PB 85, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Bird studies at Severnaya Zemlya
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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26.07
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10.08
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1-15
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Strong wind with rain and snow on 7 August, except for this conditions favourable.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| A lot of open water around archipelago, which means good feeding conditions for sea-birds. Lemming and fox numbers were low, as in 1991-94. Weather conditions for waders and geese were favourable, but only 2 nests of Calidris maritima and 2 broods of Branta bernicla were found. Groups of non-breeding C.maritima were met. Breeding of skuas was not confirmed, Snowy Owls did not breed too.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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| Data published in: Volkov A. & de Korte J. Number and distribution of the Ivory Gull (Pagofila eburnea) on Severnaya Zemlya. Polar Research (in press).
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