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RESPONDENT
Igor Pospelov

SITE NAME
Pyunkaraputari River middle reaches, Taimyr, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(499)780-16-53 // taimyr@orc.ru // Glavnaya St. 19A-193, Moscow, 105173, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:
Field studies by Taimyr Reserve

Start of survey:	End of survey:	Team size:
19.07	30.08	3

WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

late

Weather conditions:

Abundant precipitation on 12-16 August resulted in increase of water table in rivers at 1.5 m, but this hardly could affect bird numbers or reproductive success.

Season temperature:

warm

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:

low

Breeding conditions:

Nesting success was accessed for a number of gull colonies.

Rodent dynamics:

Single juvenile Siberian Lemming was seen in polygonal marsh.

Rodent species recorded:

Latin	Abundance
Lemmus sibiricus	rare

Summary of fauna studies:

Group of species	Presence	Abundance	Breeding	Detailed studies
arctic foxes	Yes	rare
lemmings	Yes
waders	Yes	common	fledging
geese	Yes	common	hatching
ducks	Yes	rare
buzzards	Yes	common	breeding
ptarmigans	Yes	rare	fledging
gulls/terns	Yes	abundant	hatching	Yes
owls	Yes	rare
passerines	Yes	abundant	fledging

species	Aggregation type	Number	Comment
Anser albifrons	moult	500.00
Anser fabalis	moult		solitary in flocks of white-fronts.

Human activity	Comment
summer field camp

Recommended citation

Pospelov, I.N. (1998). Breeding conditions report for Pyunkaraputari River middle reaches, Taimyr, Russia, 1998. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .