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RESPONDENT
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Vladimir Kalyakin
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SITE NAME
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Kostin Shar straight, eastern soast, Novaya Zemlya, 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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Team
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9.07
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9.09
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The period between 9 June and 9 September was drier and warmer than the similar period of the previous year: heavy rains occurred on 20 and 30-31 July, it snowed there on 22, 24/25 July and 30 August and even during the first week of September the temperature did not drop below +4^C.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lemmings were not found whereas the previous year (according to survey data) coincided with a peak in their numbers which also resulted in high population numbers of Arctic Foxes, Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Buzzards. This year the Arctic Fox numbers were low, only single dens were occupied. Only 1 Snowy Owl was observed along a 300 km route. Some single Rough-legged Buzzards were seen, however, 2 pairs successfully nested at the northern border of the study area hatching 4 chicks each. Several nestless Long-tailed Skuas were encountered in the same location. Large gulls were common but mostly did not nest. Few broods of Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis, Common Eiders Somateria mollissima and Long-tailed Ducks Clangula hyemalis were seen, other geese bred more actively. Most discovered waterfowl nests were depredated. Wader numbers were at their minimum. Single nests of Ringed Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones, Little and Temminck's Stints, Dunlin and Purple Sandpipers were found; likewise, juvenile birds sighted at the end of the season were extremely rare. Some passerine pairs bred successfully. Overall the season turned out to be rather unfavourable for many breeding birds.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Summary
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