BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1994


RESPONDENT

Eugeny Syroechkovski, Jr.

SITE NAME

Kolokolkova Guba coast, Tobseda settlement, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(095)246-71-54/(095)124-79-32 // ees@gcnet.ru // Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski prospekt, 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

16.06

16.06


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

Weather conditions in mid-June were normal; spring was late, and August was warmer 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:

low

Breeding conditions:

Rodent-feeding birds did not have a successful season (only one nest of Arctic Skua was found), and were rare on movements. Breeding Arctic Foxes were rare (two inhabited dens were found), and subsequently rare on movements.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Lemmings were extremely rare and sporadically distributed; their populations were probably beginning to increase. Root Voles were recorded in small numbers at watersheds 30 to 40 km from the coast.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance
Microtus oeconomusrare

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYesrarebreeding  
lemmingsYesrare   
volesYesrare   
skuasYesrarebreeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Kjellen, N. 1997. Skuas on the Eurasian tundra; relative occurence of species, ages and colour phases. Ibis 139: 282-288.
Tomkovich, P.S. 1998. Breeding conditions for waders in Russian tundras in 1994. International Wader Studies 10:132-144.

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