BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1992


RESPONDENT

S. Larionov

SITE NAME

Lena River delta, Yakutia, Russia

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PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

Spring was prolonged and summer was cold.

 

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:

Abundance of Arctic Foxes was average.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Populations of both lemming species were at a population low point.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYescommon   
lemmingsYesrare   

 

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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