BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1995


RESPONDENT

Mikhail Anisimov

SITE NAME

Levinson-Lessing Lake, Taimyr, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
// // St.-Peterburg, Beringa 38, Institute of Arctic and Antarctic

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: early

Weather conditions:

Summer was unusially warm.

 

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:

average

Breeding conditions:

Buzzards, probably, bred, and a Snowy Owl stayed near camp during summer. Often tracks of Arctic Foxes were observed on lake shore, and once - tracks of wolf.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Lemmings appeared after 2 seasons of depression.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYes    
lemmingsYes breeding  
birds of preyYes breeding  
owlsYes no  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Recommended citation

Anisimov, M. (1995). Breeding conditions report for Levinson-Lessing Lake, Taimyr, Russia, 1995. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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