BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1991


RESPONDENT

N. Kutuzov

SITE NAME

Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, southern coast, Russia

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PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

Weather was mild everywhere, locally the temperature was higher than the average for many years (in Tiski up to +32øC). Cooler weather and the onset of snow started one to two weeks later than usual.

 

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:

high

Breeding conditions:

Many owls with young and Arctic Foxes appeared at the coast of the Bolshoy Lyakhovskiy Island.
 

Rodent dynamics:

The abundance of both lemming species was high or very high in July to September.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYesabundant   
lemmingsYesabundant   
owlsYesabundanthatching  

 

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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