1. Spring migration dynamics and sex-specific patterns in stopover strategy in the Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

   • Yoko Muraoka
   • Christian H. Schulze
   • Gábor Wichmann

   Original Article 08 November 2008 Pages: 313 - 319

   

2. Fine-scale food hoarding decisions in New Zealand Robins (Petroica australis): is inter-sexual competition important?

   • K. C. Burns

   Original Article 11 November 2008 Pages: 321 - 328

   

3. Moult strategies of Cory’s Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea borealis: the influence of colony location, sex and individual breeding status

   • Hany Alonso
   • Rafael Matias
   • Paulo Catry

   Original Article 14 November 2008 Pages: 329 - 337

   

4. To what extent do environmental factors affect the long-distance nocturnal post-fledging movements of the Reed Warbler?

   • Victor N. Bulyuk
   • Andrey Mukhin
   • Vladislav Kosarev

   Original Article 14 November 2008 Pages: 339 - 350

   

5. Is natural selection promoting sexual dimorphism in the Green-backed Firecrown Hummingbird (Sephanoides Sephaniodes)?

   • Paulina L. González-Gómez
   • Cristián F. Estades

   Original Article 19 November 2008 Pages: 351 - 356

   

6. Use of mitochondrial and nuclear genes to infer the origin of two endemic pigeons from the Canary Islands

   • Javier Gonzalez
   • Guillermo Delgado Castro
   • Michael Wink

   Original Article 19 November 2008 Pages: 357 - 367

   

7. Passerine migration strategies and body mass variation along geographic sectors across East Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula

   • Elizabeth Yohannes
   • Herbert Biebach
   • David J. Pearson

   Original Article Open access 19 November 2008 Pages: 369 - 381

   

8. Jack-of-all-trades or master of one? Variation in foraging specialisation across years in Darwin’s Tree Finches (Camarhynchus spp.)

   • Rebekah Christensen
   • Sonia Kleindorfer

   Original Article 19 November 2008 Pages: 383 - 391

   

9. Migration patterns of Hoopoe Upupa epops and Wryneck Jynx torquilla: an analysis of European ring recoveries

   • Thomas S. Reichlin
   • Michael Schaub
   • Lukas Jenni

   Original Article 26 November 2008 Pages: 393 - 400

   

10. Post-fledging body mass as a determinant of subadult survival in Common Terns Sterna hirundo

    • Alexander Braasch
    • Carmen Schauroth
    • Peter H. Becker

    Original Article 27 November 2008 Pages: 401 - 407

    

11. Age and clutch size variation in Dusky Flycatcher nest survival

    • A. J. Kroll
    • Jonathan B. Haufler

    Original Article 27 November 2008 Pages: 409 - 417

    

12. Phylogeny and phylogeography of critically endangered Gyps species based on nuclear and mitochondrial markers

    • Muhammad Arshad
    • Javier Gonzalez
    • Michael Wink

    Original Article 03 December 2008 Pages: 419 - 430

    

13. Morphometric characterisation of treecreepers (genus Certhia)

    • Dieter Thomas Tietze
    • Jochen Martens

    Original Article 11 December 2008 Pages: 431 - 457

    

14. Winter habitat use by Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius Ludovicianus) in Mexico: separating migrants from residents using stable isotopes

    • Guillermo E. Pérez
    • Keith A. Hobson

    Original Article 06 December 2008 Pages: 459 - 467

    

15. Reproductive success and individual variation in feeding frequency of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

    • Thor H. Ringsby
    • Torborg Berge
    • Henrik Jensen

    Original Article 11 December 2008 Pages: 469 - 481

    

16. Within-winter movements: a common phenomenon in the Common Pochard Aythya ferina

    • Irene Keller
    • Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt
    • Lukas Jenni

    Original Article 13 January 2009 Pages: 483 - 494

    

17. High mortality and sex ratio imbalance in a critically declining Oriental White-backed Vulture population (Gyps bengalensis) in Pakistan

    • Muhammad Arshad
    • Muhammad J. I. Chaudhary
    • Michael Wink

    Original Article 13 January 2009 Pages: 495 - 503

    

18. Elevational range and timing of breeding in the birds of Ladakh: the effects of body mass, status and diet

    • Tsewang Namgail
    • Yoram Yom-Tov

    Original Article 13 January 2009 Pages: 505 - 510

    

19. Nest-site habitat selection by Lesser Rheas (Rhea pennata pennata) in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

    • Fernando R. Barri
    • Mónica B. Martella
    • Joaquín L. Navarro

    Short Note 10 February 2009 Pages: 511 - 514

20. Breeding Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica on organic and conventional arable farms in the Netherlands

    • Steven Kragten
    • Erwin Reinstra
    • Erik Gertenaar

    Short Note Open access 13 February 2009 Pages: 515 - 518