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RESPONDENT
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Vladimir Kalyakin
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SITE NAME
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Belush'ya Guba, Novaya Zemlya Islands, 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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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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4.06
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18.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Small snow-free patches and ice-free ponds already appeared in settlement vicinities on 4-18 June, also generally landscape had winter look due to rich with snow winter. On 6-13 September almost daily short-term snowfalls occurred at positive air temperatures, while on 14 September establishment of snowcover started.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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Single Rough-legged Buzzard, two Short-eared Owls, and migrating Pomorine and Long-tailed Skuas were recorded.
Purple Sandpipers were common on migration, which peak occurred on 6 June. Despite late spring Ringed Plovers and Dunlins arrived on 5 June, Turnstones, Temmink's Stints, and Little Stints - on 6 June; Ruff males were met on 10 and 11 June.
Between 6 and 14 September few Purple Sandpipers and single Ringed Plovers were recorded, while Snowy Owls were common - 8 birds/10 km.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Siberian Lemmings were met twice from 4-18 June.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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