BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1998


RESPONDENT

Victor Shtro

SITE NAME

Seiyakha-Mutnaya River, Yamal Peninsula, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
// ecostation@lbt.salekhard.ru // Ecological Station, Zeleunaya gorka St., 21, Labytnangi, Tyumenskaya oblast, 629400, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

Aug

Aug


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

The weather was rainy in the beginning of August.

 

Season temperature:
Season humidity: rainy
Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers:
Date of final loss of snow:

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

high

Breeding conditions:

Arctic Fox and skuas were absent. Non-breeding Snowy Owls had density of 0.38 bird/sq.km, Rough-legged Buzzard - 0.25 pair/sq.km. Buzzard broods had up to 3 chicks. Wildfowl and Willow Ptarmigan were rare. Wader broods (Ringed Plover, Temmink's Stint, Little Stint, Ruff, Red-necked Phalarope) were common, which indicates good breeding success in these species.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Lemmings were absent, but Middendorf Vole was numerous in the areas dominated by sedge-moss tundra with dwarf shrub and willow (up to 20 animals/100 trap-nights).

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesNo    
lemmingsNo    
volesYesabundant   
wadersYescommonhatching  
ducksYesrare   
buzzardsYescommonhatching  
ptarmigansYesrare   
skuasNo    
pomarine skuasNo    
owlsYescommon   

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
area affected by industrial development 

 


Recommended citation

Shtro, V.G. (1998). Breeding conditions report for Seiyakha-Mutnaya River, Yamal Peninsula, Russia, 1998. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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