Volume 153, Issue 2

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April 2012

37 articles in this issue

Winter foraging strategy of the Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi): ecological and physiological factors
Jie Wang
Yun Fang
Yue-Hua Sun
Original Article 10 August 2011 Pages: 257 - 264
African Red-winged Starlings prefer hexose sugar solutions, but do not like them too sweet
Mark Brown
Colleen T. Downs
Steven D. Johnson
Original Article 10 August 2011 Pages: 265 - 272
Breeding biology of two sympatric Aegithalos tits with helpers at the nest
Jianqiang Li
Lei Lv
Zhengwang Zhang
Original Article 12 August 2011 Pages: 273 - 283
Food intake rates, assimilation efficiency, and transit times of Knysna (Tauraco corythaix) Turacos fed South African indigenous fruit
Amy-Leigh Wilson
Colleen T. Downs
Original Article 11 August 2011 Pages: 285 - 290
Female Spotless Starlings (Sturnus unicolor) remove green plants from their nests
José Pablo Veiga
Vicente Polo
Original Article 14 August 2011 Pages: 291 - 296
Reduced flower visitation by nectar-feeding birds in response to fire in Cape fynbos vegetation, South Africa
Sjirk Geerts
Sarel D. T. Malherbe
Anton Pauw
Original Article 18 August 2011 Pages: 297 - 301
Phylogeography, pre-zygotic isolation and taxonomic status in the endemic Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
Christoph Randler
Marc I. Förschler
Michael Wink
Original Article 06 September 2011 Pages: 303 - 312
Terns in trouble: demographic consequences of low breeding success and recruitment on a common tern population in the German Wadden Sea
K. Lesley Szostek
Peter H. Becker
Original Article 31 August 2011 Pages: 313 - 326
Reproductive timing and investment in relation to spring warming and advancing agricultural schedules
Julia Schroeder
Theunis Piersma
Christiaan Both
Original Article Open access 03 September 2011 Pages: 327 - 336
Between order and chaos: contrasting syntax in the advertising song of Dusky (Phylloscopus fuscatus) and Radde’s (Ph. schwarzi) Warblers
Vladimir V. Ivanitskii
Irina M. Marova
Irina M. Malykh
Original Article 03 September 2011 Pages: 337 - 346
A new species of extinct little owl from the Pleistocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands)
Carmen Guerra
Pere Bover
Josep Antoni Alcover
Original Article 04 September 2011 Pages: 347 - 354
Spring phenology delays in an insular subtropical songbird: is response to climate change constrained by population size?
Oscar Gordo
Hideyuki Doi
Original Article 27 September 2011 Pages: 355 - 366
Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri
Petra Quillfeldt
Juan F. Masello
Gernot Segelbacher
Original Article 09 September 2011 Pages: 367 - 373
Assessing the effect of satellite transmitters on the demography of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Christophe Barbraud
Henri Weimerskirch
Original Article 14 September 2011 Pages: 375 - 383
Sex roles during post-fledging care in birds: female Tengmalm’s Owls contribute little to food provisioning
Katrine Eldegard
Geir A. Sonerud
Original Article 09 September 2011 Pages: 385 - 398
No evidence of extra-pair paternity or intraspecific brood parasitism in the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
Luciano Calderón
Walter S. Svagelj
Pablo L. Tubaro
Original Article 09 September 2011 Pages: 399 - 404
Phylogeography and population structure of Krüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperi from Turkey based on microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA
Tamer Albayrak
Javier Gonzalez
Michael Wink
Original Article 23 September 2011 Pages: 405 - 411
Age-related variation in carotenoid-based plumage ornaments of male Red Bishops Euplectes orix
Alice U. Edler
Thomas W. P. Friedl
Original Article 27 September 2011 Pages: 413 - 420
Demography and population ecology of the Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) at its expanding range edge in South Africa
Gregory Duncan Duckworth
Res Altwegg
Douglas Michael Harebottle
Original Article 05 October 2011 Pages: 421 - 430
Song complexity in male marsh warblers: does it reflect male quality?
Alžbeta Darolová
Ján Krištofík
Michael Wink
Original Article 08 October 2011 Pages: 431 - 439
Storms and heat limit the nest success of Bank Cormorants: implications of future climate change for a surface-nesting seabird in southern Africa
Richard B. Sherley
Katrin Ludynia
Jessica Kemper
Original Article 25 October 2011 Pages: 441 - 455
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) as a case study to assess the reliability of nest counts
Danilo Hegg
Thibaut Giroir
Philip J. Seddon
Original Article 20 October 2011 Pages: 457 - 466
Indirect estimates of breeding and natal philopatry in an obligate avian brood parasite
Mark E. Hauber
Bill M. Strausberger
Phillip Cassey
Original Article 20 October 2011 Pages: 467 - 475
Spring stopover patterns of migrating Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus): temperature as a predictor over a 10-year period
Johan Månsson
Louise Hämäläinen
Original Article 15 October 2011 Pages: 477 - 483
Group size modulates time budget and foraging efficiency in captive Skylarks, Alauda arvensis
Thibaut Powolny
Cyril Eraud
Vincent Bretagnolle
Original Article 20 October 2011 Pages: 485 - 490
Point count duration: five minutes are usually sufficient to model the distribution of bird species and to study the structure of communities for a French landscape
Sébastien Bonthoux
Gérard Balent
Original Article 13 October 2011 Pages: 491 - 504
Characterization of haemosporidian infections in warblers and sparrows at south-western European reed beds
Rita Ventim
Paulo Tenreiro
Jaime A. Ramos
Original Article 13 October 2011 Pages: 505 - 512
Egg components vary independently of each other in the facultative siblicidal Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Adriana Vallarino
Neil Evans
Ruedi Nager
Original Article 29 October 2011 Pages: 513 - 523
Effects of landscape, conspecifics and heterospecifics on habitat selection by breeding farmland birds: the case of the Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) and Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Miguel A. Sanza
Juan Traba
M. Paula Delgado
Original Article 02 November 2011 Pages: 525 - 533
Call development in captive-reared Pied Avocets, Recurvirostra avosetta
Patrice Adret
Original Article 02 November 2011 Pages: 535 - 546
Characteristics of male Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) song during territory establishment
Luis Sandoval
Gilbert Barrantes
Original Article 29 November 2011 Pages: 547 - 554
Habitat partitioning and molting site fidelity in Tetrao urogallus cantabricus revealed through stable isotopes analysis
Beatriz Blanco-Fontao
José Ramón Obeso
Mario Quevedo
Original Article 11 November 2011 Pages: 555 - 562
Delayed autumn migration in northern European waterfowl
Aleksi Lehikoinen
Kim Jaatinen
Original Article 10 November 2011 Pages: 563 - 570
How do Southern House Wrens Troglodytes aedon musculus achieve polygyny? An experimental approach
Paulo E. Llambías
Original Article 15 November 2011 Pages: 571 - 578
Do the European Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) reach South Africa during wintering?
Norbert Mátrai
Gábor Bakonyi
Róbert Mátics
Short Note 21 February 2012 Pages: 579 - 583
The use of microsatellite loci for accurate hybrid detection in a recent contact zone between an endangered and a recently-arrived hummingbird
Wouter F. D. van Dongen
Rodrigo A. Vásquez
Hans Winkler
Technical Notes 23 September 2011 Pages: 585 - 592
Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified through development and cross-species amplification within shorebirds
I. Williams
B. M. Guzzetti
S. L. Talbot
Technical Notes 24 January 2012 Pages: 593 - 601

Volume 153, Issue 2

Winter foraging strategy of the Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi): ecological and physiological factors

African Red-winged Starlings prefer hexose sugar solutions, but do not like them too sweet

Breeding biology of two sympatric Aegithalos tits with helpers at the nest

Food intake rates, assimilation efficiency, and transit times of Knysna (Tauraco corythaix) Turacos fed South African indigenous fruit

Female Spotless Starlings (Sturnus unicolor) remove green plants from their nests

Reduced flower visitation by nectar-feeding birds in response to fire in Cape fynbos vegetation, South Africa

Phylogeography, pre-zygotic isolation and taxonomic status in the endemic Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca

Terns in trouble: demographic consequences of low breeding success and recruitment on a common tern population in the German Wadden Sea

Reproductive timing and investment in relation to spring warming and advancing agricultural schedules

Between order and chaos: contrasting syntax in the advertising song of Dusky (Phylloscopus fuscatus) and Radde’s (Ph. schwarzi) Warblers

A new species of extinct little owl from the Pleistocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands)

Spring phenology delays in an insular subtropical songbird: is response to climate change constrained by population size?

Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri

Assessing the effect of satellite transmitters on the demography of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

Sex roles during post-fledging care in birds: female Tengmalm’s Owls contribute little to food provisioning

No evidence of extra-pair paternity or intraspecific brood parasitism in the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps

Phylogeography and population structure of Krüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperi from Turkey based on microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

Age-related variation in carotenoid-based plumage ornaments of male Red Bishops Euplectes orix

Demography and population ecology of the Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) at its expanding range edge in South Africa

Song complexity in male marsh warblers: does it reflect male quality?

Storms and heat limit the nest success of Bank Cormorants: implications of future climate change for a surface-nesting seabird in southern Africa

Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) as a case study to assess the reliability of nest counts

Indirect estimates of breeding and natal philopatry in an obligate avian brood parasite

Spring stopover patterns of migrating Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus): temperature as a predictor over a 10-year period

Group size modulates time budget and foraging efficiency in captive Skylarks, Alauda arvensis

Point count duration: five minutes are usually sufficient to model the distribution of bird species and to study the structure of communities for a French landscape

Characterization of haemosporidian infections in warblers and sparrows at south-western European reed beds

Egg components vary independently of each other in the facultative siblicidal Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Effects of landscape, conspecifics and heterospecifics on habitat selection by breeding farmland birds: the case of the Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) and Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Call development in captive-reared Pied Avocets, Recurvirostra avosetta

Characteristics of male Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) song during territory establishment

Habitat partitioning and molting site fidelity in Tetrao urogallus cantabricus revealed through stable isotopes analysis

Delayed autumn migration in northern European waterfowl

How do Southern House Wrens Troglodytes aedon musculus achieve polygyny? An experimental approach

Do the European Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) reach South Africa during wintering?

The use of microsatellite loci for accurate hybrid detection in a recent contact zone between an endangered and a recently-arrived hummingbird

Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified through development and cross-species amplification within shorebirds

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