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RESPONDENT
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Eugeny Syroechkovski, Jr.
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SITE NAME
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Bolshaya Kheta River, upper reaches, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (095)246-71-54/(095)124-79-32 // ees@gcnet.ru // Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski prospekt, 33, Moscow, 117071, 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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Aug
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Aug
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes were not recorded, but they are rare in this area in summer anyway, likewise Red Foxes. Broods of Wood Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Eurasian Golden Plover, and unidentified snipe were regularly met on mires and in lake depressions, but were missing in watershed shrub tundra, inhabited by passerines. Solitary broods of Spotted Redshank and Greenshank were recorded. Predation was, probably, low, or less than average.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Neither lemmings, nor their tracks were observed. Ruddy and Root Voles (adults, subadults, and 2-3 months old) were found in enthomological cylinders during short-termed catching of insects, which implies that both species were common in floodplain.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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