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RESPONDENT
Michael Wege

SITE NAME
Coastal Fringe, Yukon Delta NWR, USA

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(907)5433151/(907)5434413 // // Yukon Delta NWR, Box 346, Bethel, AK 99559, USA

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:
Eider Production Survey

Start of survey:	End of survey:	Team size:
3.06	17.06	9

WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

early

Weather conditions:

No unusual weather conditions during nesting or brood-rearing. Would need to contact other project leaders for weather data.

Season temperature:

Season humidity:

Date of 50% snow-cover:

11.05.95

Date of ice-break on rivers:

21.05.95

Date of final loss of snow:

15.05.95

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

high

Breeding conditions:

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

Latin	Abundance
Lemmus trimucronatus	common
Microtus oeconomus	abundant

Summary of fauna studies:

see attached report

Group of species	Presence	Breeding	Detailed studies
arctic foxes	Yes	breeding
lemmings	Yes	breeding
waders	Yes	breeding
swans	Yes	breeding
geese	Yes	breeding	Yes
ducks	Yes	breeding	Yes
birds of prey	No
cranes	Yes	breeding
skuas	Yes	breeding
gulls/terns	Yes	breeding
owls	No
passerines	Yes	breeding

species	Aggregation type	Number	Comment

Human activity	Comment
reindeer herding
vicinities of a permanent human settlement

Recommended citation

Wege, M. (1995). Breeding conditions report for Coastal Fringe, Yukon Delta NWR, USA, 1995. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

Bowman, T.//Stehn, R.//Platte, R.//Oates, R.//Wege, M.//Walters, G. 1995. Population size and Production of Geese and Eiders Nesting on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska in 1995. Field report: 12 September, 1995. 14 pages.