BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 2001


RESPONDENT

Igor Pospelov

SITE NAME

Lukunskaya River lower reaches, Taimyr, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(499)780-16-53 // taimyr@orc.ru // Glavnaya St. 19A-193, Moscow, 105173, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Expedition of the Taimyr Reserve

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

 

Season temperature:
Season humidity:
Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers:
Date of final loss of snow:

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

average

Breeding conditions:

Broods of Greater Scaup were abundant on the Lukunskaya River (one brood on average per km of the river).
 

Rodent dynamics:

Two Ruddy Voles were captured per 20 traps installed for 12 hours.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance
Clethrionomys rutiluscommon

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
volesYescommon  Ruddy Vole
ducksYesabundanthatching Greater Scaup

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
permanent polar/meteorological/reserve station 

 


Recommended citation

Pospelov, I.N. (2001). Breeding conditions report for Lukunskaya River lower reaches, Taimyr, Russia, 2001. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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