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SITE NAME
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Medusa Bay, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
// // Working Group International Waterbird & Wetland Research, c/o Driebergseweg 16c, NL-3708 JB, Zeist, the Netherlands
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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MONITORING AND BREEDING BIOLOGY OF WADERS AT MEDUSA BAY, TAIMYR, RUSSIA, JUNE-JULY 1998
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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13.06
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18.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The spring was late, windy and cool, the last snowfall on 7 July. The weather was warm and clear from 5 to 12 July.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
22 June
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
21 June
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
28 June
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| At least 3 Arctic Foxes inhabited study area. Of avian predators only Long-tailed Skuas were breeding (2 nests). Predation of Arctic Foxes and skuas on bird nests was heavy. Brent Goose did not breed. Solitary broods of Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Dunlin hatched in the second week of July.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Siberian Lemmings were scarce, Collared - not recorded. Lemming numbers increased to the end of July.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Lemmus sibiricus | rare |
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Summary
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