1. The dynamics of alternative male mating tactics in a population of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in the Italian Alps

   • D. E. Chamberlain
   • M. Bocca
   • A. Rolando

   Original Article 28 February 2012 Pages: 999 - 1009

   

2. Sexual dimorphism and offspring growth: smaller female Blue Tit nestlings develop relatively larger gapes

   • Mark C. Mainwaring
   • Megan Dickens
   • Ian R. Hartley

   Original Article 18 February 2012 Pages: 1011 - 1016

   

3. Can House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) use non-visual cues to discriminate the carotenoid content of foods?

   • Mathieu Giraudeau
   • Matthew B. Toomey
   • Kevin J. McGraw

   Original Article 22 February 2012 Pages: 1017 - 1023

   

4. All you can eat: do peck rates of Greylag Geese (Anser anser) vary with age and social status?

   • Friederike Woog
   • Konrad Schwarz
   • Mark Hulme

   Original Article 25 February 2012 Pages: 1025 - 1029

   

5. The restricted range of the Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni is a consequence of high reliance on modified habitats within narrow climatic limits

   • Paul F. Donald
   • Kai Gedeon
   • Graeme M. Buchanan

   Original Article 06 March 2012 Pages: 1031 - 1044

   

6. Moult and mobility of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola on the West African non-breeding grounds

   • Cosima Tegetmeyer
   • Marco Thoma
   • Susanne Arbeiter

   Original Article 31 March 2012 Pages: 1045 - 1051

   

7. Quantifying the effect of feather abrasion on wing and tail lengths measurements

   • Heiner Flinks
   • Volker Salewski

   Original Article 21 March 2012 Pages: 1053 - 1065

   

8. High-arctic seabird trophic variation revealed through long-term isotopic monitoring

   • Allison T. Moody
   • Keith A. Hobson
   • Anthony J. Gaston

   Original Article 20 March 2012 Pages: 1067 - 1078

   

9. Estimating rat predation on Humboldt Penguin colonies in north-central Chile

   • Alejandro Simeone
   • Guillermo Luna-Jorquera

   Original Article 20 March 2012 Pages: 1079 - 1085

   

10. Parents adjust feeding effort in relation to nestling age in the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

    • Ronny Steen
    • Geir A. Sonerud
    • Tore Slagsvold

    Original Article 06 April 2012 Pages: 1087 - 1099

    

11. How would size, age, human disturbance, and vegetation structure affect bird communities of urban parks in different seasons?

    • Daqing Zhou
    • L. M. Chu

    Original Article 04 April 2012 Pages: 1101 - 1112

    

12. Long-term changes in bird community in the unmanaged post-fire eastern Québec boreal forest

    • Jeovanna Lowe
    • David Pothier
    • Jean-Pierre L. Savard

    Original Article 18 April 2012 Pages: 1113 - 1125

    

13. Maintenance of gene flow by female-biased dispersal of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in northern Sweden

    • Carolina Corrales
    • Jacob Höglund

    Original Article 24 April 2012 Pages: 1127 - 1139

    

14. Identification of Black-tailed Godwit’s Limosa limosa breeding habitat by botanical and environmental indicators

    • Karsten Laursen
    • Anna Bodil Hald

    Original Article 20 April 2012 Pages: 1141 - 1152

    

15. Tail length and sexual selection in a monogamous, monomorphic species, the Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

    • Brian G. Palestis
    • Ian C. T. Nisbet
    • Patricia Szczys

    Original Article 18 April 2012 Pages: 1153 - 1163

    

16. An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behavior in a migratory songbird

    • D. Kishkinev
    • H. Mouritsen
    • C. V. Mora

    Original Article 01 May 2012 Pages: 1165 - 1177

    

17. Excreted corticosterone metabolites differ between two galliform species, Japanese Quail and Chicken, between sexes and between urine and faecal parts of droppings

    • Katharina Hirschenhauser
    • Katharina Spreitzer
    • Erich Möstl

    Original Article 28 April 2012 Pages: 1179 - 1188

    

18. Range size estimates of Bolivian endemic bird species revisited: the importance of environmental data and national expert knowledge

    • Sebastian K. Herzog
    • Oswaldo Maillard Z.
    • Dennise Quiroga

    Original Article 05 May 2012 Pages: 1189 - 1202

    

19. Daily energy expenditure in precocial shorebird chicks: smaller species perform at higher levels

    • Karen L. Krijgsveld
    • Robert E. Ricklefs
    • G. Henk Visser

    Original Article Open access 06 June 2012 Pages: 1203 - 1214

    

20. Breeders and floaters use different habitat cover: should habitat use be a social status-dependent strategy?

    • Letizia Campioni
    • Rui Lourenço
    • Vincenzo Penteriani

    Original Article 06 May 2012 Pages: 1215 - 1223

    

21. Geographical variation of haemosporidian parasites in Turkish populations of Krüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperi

    • Alfonso Marzal
    • Tamer Albayrak

    Original Article 05 May 2012 Pages: 1225 - 1231

    

22. The number and coloration of white flank spots predict the strength of a cutaneous immune response in female Diamond Firetails, Stagonopleura guttata

    • Valeria Zanollo
    • Matteo Griggio
    • Sonia Kleindorfer

    Original Article 12 May 2012 Pages: 1233 - 1244

    

23. Comparative analysis reveals a possible immunity-related absence of blood parasites in Common Gulls (Larus canus) and Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

    • Indrikis Krams
    • Valērija Suraka
    • Lauri Saks

    Original Article 19 May 2012 Pages: 1245 - 1252

    

24. Local haemoparasites in introduced wetland passerines

    • Rita Ventim
    • Luisa Mendes
    • Javier Pérez-Tris

    Original Article 24 May 2012 Pages: 1253 - 1259

25. Orientation of vagrant birds on the Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

    • Kasper Thorup
    • Troels Eske Ortvad
    • Martin Wikelski

    Short Note 15 August 2012 Pages: 1261 - 1265