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SITE NAME
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Belyaka Spit, Chukotka, Russia
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| Contact details
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| // // Institute of Biological problems of the North, Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Little snow was accumulated during the winter. The end of June was cold.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lemming numbers apparently were medium judging from the Arctic Fox litters each of which had 8 pups. One pair of Arctic Skuas nested, nomadic flocks of Long-tailed Skuas were seen. The high number of Arctic Foxes cold be one of the reasons behind low numbers of previously common wader species (Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pigmeus, Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri, Turnstone, Dunlin).
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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