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SITE NAME
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Pura River, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia
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details (phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // EGI, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK |
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PROJECT DETAILS
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Project name:
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Red-breasted Goose Biology |
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey:
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Team
size:
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10.07 |
16.08 |
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WEATHER CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Temperatures were normally above 6C but occasionally reached 25C and sometimes at night fell to -4C. generally low precipitation so water levels in river fell rapidly. |
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on 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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| Hard to say since I have never been there before. But weather conditions were favourable, predator pressure was low despite 1994 being a peak year for lemmings. Apparently few foxes about in 1995, possibly killed off by desease or severe weather in winter. |
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Abundance did not change, as I was the only person to see a lemming the whole summer out of c. 20 scientists we met.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Lemmus sibiricus | rare |
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| We monitored Red-Breasted Geese breeding performance. Results will be available in a report which has almost been finished. Because they are preliminary to a long-term study, we will have to control their circulation but a copy will be sent to D.Stroud in due course. |
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