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SITE NAME
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Ust-Oleneuk settlement, Yakutia, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)246-71-54(h)/(095)959-00-33(fax) // ellappo@mail.ru // Biogeography Dep., Institute of Geography, Staromonetny Per., 29, Moscow, 109017, 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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5
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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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: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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Snowy Owls nested in the area. Four checked nests contained 4-5 egg clutches. Rough-legged Buzzards, Long-tailed and Pomarine Skuas nested as well. An active Arctic Fox den was found near Ust-Oleneuk settlement, adult animals were seen as well.
Wader breeding density was high. No nest depredation was noted.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Near Ust-Oleneuk settlement and on the islands in the Olenyok delta high numbers of Collared and in some places Siberian Lemmings were recorded.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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