1. Wide-range dispersal in juvenile Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) across the European Alps calls for transnational conservation programmes

   • Adrian Aebischer
   • Peter Nyffeler
   • Raphaël Arlettaz

   Original Article 18 May 2009 Pages: 1 - 9

   

2. Behavioural and body mass changes before egg laying in the Barn Owl: cues for clutch size determination?

   • Joël M. Durant
   • Jean-Paul Gendner
   • Yves Handrich

   Original Article 16 May 2009 Pages: 11 - 17

   

3. Local and large-scale climatic variables as predictors of the breeding numbers of endangered Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the Norwegian Coast

   • Jan Ove Bustnes
   • Tycho Anker-Nilssen
   • Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

   Original Article 18 May 2009 Pages: 19 - 26

   

4. High prevalence of haemosporidians in Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus in Spain

   • Mónica Fernández
   • Mª. Ángeles Rojo
   • Francisco Campos

   Original Article 21 May 2009 Pages: 27 - 32

5. Off-territory movement of male American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) in a fragmented agricultural landscape is related to song rate, mating status and access to females

   • James L. Churchill
   • Susan J. Hannon

   Original Article 17 May 2009 Pages: 33 - 44

   

6. Water conditions influence nestling survival in a Hooded Crow Corvus cornix wetland population

   • Piotr Zduniak

   Original Article 21 June 2009 Pages: 45 - 50

   

7. How many juvenile Teal Anas crecca reach the wintering grounds? Flyway-scale survival rate inferred from wing age-ratios

   • Matthieu Guillemain
   • Jean-Maxime Bertout
   • Anthony D. Fox

   Original Article 23 June 2009 Pages: 51 - 60

   

8. Long-term consequences of early ontogeny in free-living Great Tits Parus major

   • Vallo Tilgar
   • Raivo Mänd
   • Marko Mägi

   Original Article 21 June 2009 Pages: 61 - 68

   

9. Reduced blood parasite prevalence with age in the Seychelles Warbler: selective mortality or suppression of infection?

   • Kees van Oers
   • David S. Richardson
   • Jan Komdeur

   Original Article Open access 23 June 2009 Pages: 69 - 77

   

10. Male territorial aggression and androgen modulation in high latitude populations of the Sooty, Passerella iliaca sinuosa, and Red Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca zaboria

    • Douglas W. Wacker
    • Alexander J. Coverdill
    • John C. Wingfield

    Original Article Open access 26 June 2009 Pages: 79 - 86

    

11. Relationships between stream habitat and breeding territory length of the Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii) in Taiwan

    • Chao-Chieh Chen
    • Ying Wang

    Original Article 26 June 2009 Pages: 87 - 93

    

12. Why do Corsican Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae not use nest boxes for roosting?

    • André A. Dhondt
    • Jacques Blondel
    • Philippe Perret

    Original Article 21 June 2009 Pages: 95 - 101

    

13. Distribution and foraging behaviour of the Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata) off northern Chile

    • Katrin Ludynia
    • Stefan Garthe
    • Guillermo Luna-Jorquera

    Original Article 21 June 2009 Pages: 103 - 111

    

14. Breeding habitat preference and foraging of the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and niche partitioning in comparison with migrant Oenanthe species on Cyprus

    • Christoph Randler
    • Constanze Teichmann
    • Stefan Pentzold

    Original Article 08 July 2009 Pages: 113 - 121

    

15. Carbon isotope turnover in blood as a measure of arrival time in migratory birds using isotopically distinct environments

    • Steffen Oppel
    • Abby N. Powell

    Original Article 08 July 2009 Pages: 123 - 131

    

16. Recapture processes and biological inference in monitoring burrow-nesting seabirds

    • Ana Sanz-Aguilar
    • Giacomo Tavecchia
    • Daniel Oro

    Original Article 25 July 2009 Pages: 133 - 146

    

17. Selection of winter roosts in the Great Tit Parus major: influence of microclimate

    • Marek Veľký
    • Peter Kaňuch
    • Anton Krištín

    Original Article 25 July 2009 Pages: 147 - 153

    

18. Parental genetic characteristics and hatching success in a recovering population of Lesser Kestrels

    • Joaquín Ortego
    • Pedro J. Cordero
    • Gustau Calabuig

    Original Article 21 July 2009 Pages: 155 - 162

    

19. Testing the relationship between clutch size and brood size in the Coot (Fulica atra)

    • Paweł Ręk

    Original Article 23 July 2009 Pages: 163 - 168

    

20. Takeoff flight performance and plumage wettability in Cassin’s Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Xantus’s Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus and Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa

    • Víctor Manuel Ortega-Jiménez
    • Saúl Álvarez-Borrego
    • Eli S. Bridge

    Original Article 25 July 2009 Pages: 169 - 177

    

21. Body mass changes in a biparental incubator: the Redshank Tringa totanus

    • Gunnar Gunnarsson
    • Richard Ottvall
    • Henrik G. Smith

    Original Article 01 September 2009 Pages: 179 - 184

    

22. Breeding dispersal patterns within a large Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) colony

    • Zoltán D. Szabó
    • Tibor Szép

    Original Article 01 September 2009 Pages: 185 - 191

    

23. Dinosaur protofeathers: pushing back the origin of feathers into the Middle Triassic?

    • Theagarten Lingham-Soliar

    Original Article 01 September 2009 Pages: 193 - 200

    

24. Variation in body condition of breeding Savi’s Warblers Locustella luscinioides: the reproductive stress and flight adaptation hypothesis revisited

    • Júlio Manuel Neto
    • Andrew G. Gosler

    Original Article 01 September 2009 Pages: 201 - 210

    

25. Potential impact of grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis on woodland bird populations in England

    • Stuart E. Newson
    • David I. Leech
    • Phil V. Grice

    Original Article 01 September 2009 Pages: 211 - 218

    

26. Parental and chick responses of Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) to increase of flight costs and brood size

    • Erick González-Medina
    • José Alfredo Castillo-Guerrero
    • Eric Mellink

    Original Article 25 August 2009 Pages: 219 - 225

    

27. Fitness consequences of male provisioning of incubating females in a desert passerine bird

    • Laura R. Stein
    • Kevin P. Oh
    • Alexander V. Badyaev

    Original Article 01 September 2009 Pages: 227 - 233

    

28. Diel variations in plasma glucose concentrations of Malachite Sunbirds Nectarinia famosa

    • Colleen T. Downs
    • Andrea E. Wellmann
    • Mark Brown

    Short Note 31 July 2009 Pages: 235 - 239

    

29. Tail-racket removal increases hematocrit in male Turquoise-browed Motmots (Eumomota superciliosa)

    • Troy G. Murphy

    Short Note 15 September 2009 Pages: 241 - 245

    

30. Low or no occurrence of extra-pair paternity in the Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle

    • Tycho Anker-Nilssen
    • Oddmund Kleven
    • Jan T. Lifjeld

    Short Note 02 October 2009 Pages: 247 - 250

31. Age-specific variation of resistance to oxidative stress in the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus)

    • Godefroy Devevey
    • Nadia Bruyndonckx
    • Philippe Christe

    Short Note 07 October 2009 Pages: 251 - 254