BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1989


RESPONDENT

Yakov Kokorev

SITE NAME

Pyasina River, lower reaches, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(3919)468504(h)/(3919)468693(o) // ya.kokorev@norcom.ru // Naberezhnaya Urvantseva 23-271, Norilsk, 663300, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

The 1989 breeding season was exceptional in terms of its low productivity for wading birds. This was due to the late aind cold spring causing the normal progression of ecological processes to be one month late.

 

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Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers:
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BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

low

Breeding conditions:

Most waders did not breed, the number of lemmings was extremely low while fox populations were high. In the basins of the Binyuda, Mokoritto, Lyungfada and Yangoda rivers (the lower Pyasina region) the results of wader censusing showed practically no waders. Only single nests were found, most often with an incomplete clutch. The almost complete absence of Bar-tailed Godwits deserves mention.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYesabundant   
lemmingsYesrare   
wadersYesrarebreeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Kondratyev, A.Y. 1998. Breeding conditions for waders in the tundras of the USSR in 1989. International Wader Studies 10:101-104.
Rykhlikova, M.E, Popov, I.U. 1995. Lemmings in the north-western Taimyr Arctic tundra: population density, distribution of territories and relationships with other animals. Prokosch, P., Hotker, H. Faunistik und Naturschutz auf Taimyr - Expeditionen 1989-

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