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RESPONDENT
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Nils Andersson
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SITE NAME
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Lake Torne Area Biosphere Reserve, Sweden
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (46980)40271/(46980)40171 // // Abisko Scientific Research Station P.O.Box 52, S-981 07 Abisko, Sweden
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Abisko Scientific Research Station
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Start of survey:
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End
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Extremely cold and windy early July. Very windy, many stormy days, which is uncommon during the summer; snow above the tree-line and very rough conditions for all breeding birds. Weather data are available from our met. station (380 m. a.s.l).
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rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Very few small rodents were present this year - very few hatchlings in Buteo lagopus.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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