BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1991


RESPONDENT

Yuri Krasnov

SITE NAME

Kola Peninsula, eastern Murman coast, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
23-96-55 // science@mmbi.info // MMBI, Vladimirskaya 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

Spring was late and prolonged. Cool weather with periodical droughts predominated during summer.

 

Season temperature: cold
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:

 

Rodent dynamics:

The abundance of the Norwegian Lemming was very low (they were met only occasionally at the beginning of August).

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance
Lemmus lemmusrare

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Ryabitsev, V.K. 1998. Breeding conditions for waders Russian tundras in 1991. International Wader Studies 10:111-116.

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