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RESPONDENT
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Yuri Shchadilov
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SITE NAME
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Khabuika Lake, Russky Zavorot Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)457-77-49(h.)/423-03-22(off.)/423-23-22(fax) // anbelous@online.ru //
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Low temperatures retained until 20s of June, which delayed development of vegetation by one week compared to 1997, and by 2.5-3 weeks compared to long-term means.
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| Date of ice-break on
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| Date of final loss of
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early 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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| Arctic Foxes successfully bred: 7 young were found in one of the dens. Birds of prey, gulls and squas retained their numbers at the same as previously level. In the shoreside area near the camp nesting density of Temmink's Stints decreased substantially, although singing males were common as usual. Wader reproduction was late: the first chicks (in Ringed Plover) appeared on 14 July. Hatching dates in small passerines did not differ from average (the first chicks in Lapland Buntings appeared on 1 July). Red-necked Phalaropes did not form typical in previous years aggregations on small lakes. The flocks of male Ruffs appearing in the last ten days of June were smaller than usual, and their females had lower breeding numbers. Generally, the spring was unfavourable for waders.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| A weak increase of lemming and Root Vole numbers was observed during the last 3 years, judging by increase of numbers of winter nibbles and other tracks of activity.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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