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SITE NAME
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Chaun depression, 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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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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26.06
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27.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Local inhabitants indicated a prolonged spring and a cold summer which was confirmed by observations on 26-27 June.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| No lemmings, voles, owls or foxes were seen. One breeding pair of Arctic Skuas was found. Common wader species (both phalaropes, Grey Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruff, Temminck's Stint, Dunlin, Common Snipe, Long-billed Dowitcher) numbers were an order of magnitude below normal levels.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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