BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1992


RESPONDENT

Artem Rybkin

SITE NAME

Taimyr Lake, south-western shore, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
// // Eniseiski Bulevar, 11-2-53, Moscow, 109439, Russia

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:

low

Breeding conditions:

Numbers of lemmings and Arctic Foxes were extremely low, although one family of Arctic Fox with young was found. Few broods of gulls, waders and passerine birds were recorded in the second half of summer.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYesrarebreeding  
lemmingsYesrare   
wadersYes hatching  
gulls/ternsYes hatching  
passerinesYes hatching  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Tomkovich, P.S. 1998. Breeding conditions for waders in Russian tundras in 1992. International Wader Studies 10:117-123.

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