BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1990


RESPONDENT

V. Leonovich

SITE NAME

Kanin Peninsula, western coast, Russia

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PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

Spring weather conditions were average in 1990.

 

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:

low

Breeding conditions:

Large gulls and the Arctic Skua had normal-sized broods. The density of most common waders was high, i.e. Oystercatcher, Temminck's Stint, Dunlin and Ruff. Predation by gulls and skuas on wader broods was average. Arctic Foxes did not occur.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Lemmings were not present though voles were common in some places.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesNo    
lemmingsNo    
volesYes    
wadersYesabundanthatching  
skuasYes hatching  
gulls/ternsYes hatching  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Yurlov, A.K. 1998. Breeding conditions for waders in the tundras of the USSR in 1990. International Wader Studies 10:105-110.

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