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RESPONDENT
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Vladimir Kalyakin
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SITE NAME
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Novaya Zemlya, Moller Bay, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)479-74-13 // // Shirokaya St., 9-1-260, Moscow, 129282, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Early spring, but cold weather in beginning of June. Basically summer warmer than in 1994, although storms and rains were frequent.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Early breeding in some bird species. Increase of lemming abundance allowed breeding of buzzards, single pairs of Long-tailed and Great Skuas, and Snowy Owls. Arctic Fox numbers substantially decreased, compared to 1994. Non-breeding Pomorine Skuas were abundant till early July. Common Eider, Barnacle Goose and 6 wader species bred in mass on Pukhoviy Is, which contrasts with 1994 when Arctic Foxes and Polar Bear allowed only presence of a seabird colony on rocks. In Moller Bay waders had late broods which indicates low nest success of first clutches.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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