BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1996


RESPONDENT

Benoit Sittler

SITE NAME

Traill Island, Karupelv Valley, Greenland, Denmark

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(49-761)2033629/(49-761)2033638 // sittler@ruf.uni-freiburg.de // Institut fur Landespflege Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg D-79085 Freiburg, Germany

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Karupelv Valley Project (1988-1998)

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:

low

Breeding conditions:

 

Rodent dynamics:

Density of lemming winter nests was 195 per 1000 ha.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
lemmingsYesrare Yes 
owlsYes no  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Sittler, B.//Gilg, O.//Berg, T. 2000. Low abundance of King Eider nests during low lemming years in northeast Greenland. Arctic. Vol. 53(1), 53-60.

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