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SITE NAME
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Ryrkarpyi settlement, Chukotka, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // Institute of Biological problems of the North, Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The snowy winter was followed by a cool summer or at least its first half.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Snowy Owls were numerous: a 10 km stretch of the road between cape Ryrkarpi and the Chyornaya Rechka site yielded 65 birds and 3 nests. Long-tailed and Arctic Skuas nested in the area; 1 potentially nesting Pomarine Skua pair was also observed. The most common waders included Ringed Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Turnstone, Red-necked Stint, Dunlin, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper and Common Snipe.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| According to early July observations population levels of the Yellow-bellied (Lemmus chrysogaster) and Collared Lemmings were about average.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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