BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1998


RESPONDENT

Christian Hjort

SITE NAME

Barometric 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:

15.07

6.08


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 numbers of lemmings.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
wadersYesabundanthatching  
geeseYescommon   
buzzardsYesrareno single
ptarmigansYescommon   
skuasYesabundantno  
gulls/ternsYescommon   
owlsYesrare  non-breeding
passerinesYescommon   

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Recommended citation

Hjort, C. (1998). Breeding conditions report for Barometric 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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