BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1994


RESPONDENT

Y. Kozhevnikov

SITE NAME

Volochanka settl. area, 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:

Only one pair of Rough-legged Buzzard bred, and Short-eared Owls were not numerous. Long-tailed Skuas fed on lemmings and wader chicks. Breeding success of waders was probably high.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Lemming numbers were not large.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
lemmingsYescommon   
wadersYes    
buzzardsYesrarebreeding  
skuasYes    
owlsYes   Short-eared

 

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 1994. International Wader Studies 10:132-144.

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