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RESPONDENT
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Maxim Dementiev
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SITE NAME
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Turquoise Lake, SW Alaska, USA
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)178-02-29(h.) // // Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Surfbird biology study
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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3
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| In respect to weather the season was the most favourable for bird breeding compared to 2 subsequent summers.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Breeding success was very low due to heavy predation, which was, probably, related to low numbers of Arctic Ground-squirrels.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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