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RESPONDENT
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Eugeny Syroechkovski, Jr.
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SITE NAME
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Khatanga settlement, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)246-71-54/(095)124-79-32 // ees@gcnet.ru // Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski prospekt, 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring arrived early (survey data), but a cold spell in late May delayed the start of snowmelt till normal dates. In the forest-tundra and southern tundra zones snow melted rapidly and in June-July the weather was predominantly warm.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Tracks of wolfs and bears were common and Arctic Foxes rare along the Kheta river middle flow.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| According to visual evaluation vole numbers in the forest-tundra near the Khatanga settlement, Big Romanikha River mouth and Popigay depression were low or average.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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