BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1991

RESPONDENT

Herman Hotker

SITE NAME

Dikson settlement, Taimyr, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
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PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

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:

Breeding conditions:
High density of Pomarine Skuas was found including nest with 2 eggs on 24.06 north of Dikson. A nest of Snowy Owls containing 10 eggs was found in the coastal hills north of Dikson. Hatching occurred on 2.07 in this nest.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:
LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
pomarine skuasYes breeding  
owlsYes hatching  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 

Source(s):

Hotker, H. 1995. Avifaunistical records of the expeditions to Taimyr in years 1989, 1990 and 1991. Prokosch, P., Hotker, H. Faunistik und Naturschutz auf Taimyr - Expeditionen 1989-1991. Corax 16, Sonderheft. Sonderheft der Schriftenreihe Nationalpark Sch

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