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RESPONDENT
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Eugeny Syroechkovski, Jr.
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SITE NAME
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Anabar River, lower reaches, Yuryung-Khaya settlement, Yakutia, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (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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4
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Ice-break occurred on 19 June near Yuryung-Khaya; the flood was high due to large amount of snow.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
19 June
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snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes were numerous in spring. Few unidentified voles were met in floodplain. Most of the wader nests near settlement were destroyed by local people, gathering eggs for food. Buzzards were breeding at a low density and had small clutches. Among skuas only Long-tailed was found breeding with low numbers. In typical tundra relatively common were Bar-tailed Godwit, and Long-billed Dowitcher.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Siberian Lemmings were rare, but winter tracks were found.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
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