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SITE NAME
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Ryrkarpyi settlement, Chukotka, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // Institute of Biological problems of the North, Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| According to observations made in late June and early July summer was cold, in spite of supposedly early spring.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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Lemmings were not recorded, but Root Voles had average numbers at Ryrkarpyi Cape, where a pair of Rough-legged Buzzards also nested. Only singles of Arctic Foxes were met and their breeding not confirmed. Long-tailed and Arctic Skuas nested in tundra.
Interesting wader records include finding of Red-necked Stint nest, Ruff dawny chicks, and sightings of Dotterels and a Spotted Redshank.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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