BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1998


RESPONDENT

Alexander Molochaev

SITE NAME

Neupokoev Island, Kara Sea, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(7095)9152909(off.)/(7095)1127430(h.) // // Central Research Laboratory of State Dept. for Hunting, Teterinski pereulok, 18, Moscow, 109004, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

13.07

27.07

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: average

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:

Lemmings, voles, and Arctic Foxes were not recorded. Arctic and Pomorine Skuas were rare, so were Snowy Owls which did not bred. Among waders hatching recorded for Turnstones, among wildfowl - for White-fronted Goose.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesNo    
lemmingsNo    
wadersYesabundanthatching  
geeseYesabundanthatching  
ducksYescommonbreeding  
owlsYesrareno  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment
Anser albifronsmoult500.00 

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
summer field camp 

 


Recommended citation

Molochaev, A.V. (1998). Breeding conditions report for Neupokoev Island, Kara Sea, 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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