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RESPONDENT
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Sergey Paskhalny
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SITE NAME
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Salekhard, western Siberia, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (34992) 5-19-10 // spas2006@yandex.ru // Zelyonaya Gorka, 18-1, Labytnangi, Tumenskaya oblast, 629400, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| In the forest-tundra and southern tundra subzone the spring was prolonged and cold. It warmed up in late April - early May after which there was a long period of cold and windy weather with frequent rains and snowstorms. However, ice on the Ob' river near Salekhard broke on 16 May, i.e. two weeks earlier than normally. June and July saw the cold, moderately rainy weather with constant, strong winds and gales. It snowed more than once in June (heavy snowstorm on 13-14 June) and at times the temperature dropped below freezing. As a result the growth and flowering of plants were delayed by as much as 7-10 days.
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| Date of ice-break on
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16.05
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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Few Hen Harriers and Rough-legged Buzzards nested (checked clutches of the latter contained 1 - 4 eggs); nomadic Long-tailed and Arctic Skuas were common. Non-territorial Arctic Foxes were seen only at the northern edge of the study area.
Wader migration was as in previous years: first Wood Sandpipers were noted on 19 May, Ruff and Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus - 28 May, Temminck's Stint and Great Snipe Gallinago media - 31 May. The mass wader migration fell on the last days of May - first days of June. The following species had an average breeding density: Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Ruff, European Golden-Plover, Pintail and Common Snipes and Dunlin (in the northern part of the area). Breeding densities of Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus and Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica were below average. A highly patchy distribution was found in Dotterel, Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos, Terek Sandpiper, and Little Stint. The overall wader breeding conditions were assessed as unfavourable and their breeding success below average.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| No lemmings were seen and the number of voles was low (2-3 Middendorff's and Narrow-skulled Voles per 100 trap-days).
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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