BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1998

RESPONDENT

Christian Hjort

SITE NAME

Bely Lake area, northern Taimyr, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
// Christian.Hjort@geol.lu.se // Dept of Quaternary Geology, Lund University, Solvegatan 13, SE-223 62 Lund, SWEDEN

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Eurasian Ice Sheets

Start of survey:

 End of survey: Team size:

7.08

26.08

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:
Low lemming numbers.

Rodent species recorded:
LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
lemmingsYesrare   
wadersYescommonhatching  
geeseYescommon  moulting
ducksYesrare   
birds of preyYesrare   
skuasYescommon  non-breeding
gulls/ternsYescommonbreeding  
owlsYesrare   

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment
Anser albifronsmoult190.00 
Branta berniclamoult100.00 

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 

Recommended citation
Hjort, C. (1998). Breeding conditions report for Bely Lake area, northern Taimyr, 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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