1. Avian transcriptomics: opportunities and challenges

   • Elinor Jax
   • Michael Wink
   • Robert H. S. Kraus

   Review Open access 05 February 2018 Pages: 599 - 629

   

2. Population dynamics and survival of the Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena: results from a long-term study in eastern Poland

   • Jochen Bellebaum
   • K. Lesley Szostek
   • Janusz Kloskowski

   Original Article 05 February 2018 Pages: 631 - 641

   

3. Demographic history of the Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America

   • Gisele Pires Mendonça Dantas
   • Gabriella Cardoso Maria
   • Juliana A. Vianna

   Original Article 01 March 2018 Pages: 643 - 655

   

4. Breeding biology and parental care strategy of the little-known Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus)

   • Jia Zheng
   • Donglai Li
   • Zhengwang Zhang

   Original Article 19 April 2018 Pages: 657 - 666

   

5. Nest-site interference competition with House Sparrows affects breeding success and parental care in Great Tits

   • Aya Goldshtein
   • Shai Markman
   • Motti Charter

   Original Article 20 February 2018 Pages: 667 - 673

   

6. Ventral colour, not tail streamer length, is associated with seasonal reproductive performance in a Chinese population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica gutturalis)

   • Yu Liu
   • Elizabeth S. C. Scordato
   • Matthew Evans

   Original Article 04 May 2018 Pages: 675 - 685

   

7. Molecular and climate data reveal expansion and genetic differentiation of Mexican Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus thalassinus (Aves: Trochilidae) populations separated by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

   • Mariana Hernández-Soto
   • Yuyini Licona-Vera
   • Juan Francisco Ornelas

   Original Article 27 February 2018 Pages: 687 - 702

   

8. Genetic differentiation between insular and continental populations of migratory and resident warblers, the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus and Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti

   • Francesco Ceresa
   • Eduardo J. Belda
   • Juan S. Monrós

   Original Article 23 February 2018 Pages: 703 - 712

   

9. Hybridization in brushfinches (Atlapetes, Emberizidae) from the southeast Andes of Colombia: a consequence of habitat disturbance?

   • Diego Carantón-Ayala
   • Jorge Enrique Avendaño
   • Carlos Daniel Cadena

   Original Article 27 February 2018 Pages: 713 - 722

   

10. The influence of habitat, tidal stage, temperature, and breeding status on the flight behavior of piping plovers (Charadrius melodus)

    • Michelle L. Stantial
    • Jonathan B. Cohen

    Original Article 01 March 2018 Pages: 723 - 732

    

11. Tits as bryologists: patterns of bryophyte use in nests of three species cohabiting a primeval forest

    • Tomasz Wesołowski
    • Sylwia Wierzcholska

    Original Article Open access 12 February 2018 Pages: 733 - 745

    

12. The contribution of broadscale and finescale habitat structure to the distribution and diversity of birds in an Alpine forest-shrub ecotone

    • Susanne Jähnig
    • Riccardo Alba
    • Dan Chamberlain

    Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 747 - 759

    

13. Ambient temperature impacts the effect of experimental immunisation of Great Tit and Eurasian Blue Tit females on the PHA response of their offspring

    • Emilia Grzędzicka
    • Justyna Kubacka

    Original Article Open access 03 February 2018 Pages: 761 - 770

    

14. Prospects and pitfalls of using feathers as a temporal archive of stress events and environmental pollutants: a review and case study

    • Kathrin Ganz
    • David Jenny
    • Susanne Jenni-Eiermann

    Original Article 13 March 2018 Pages: 771 - 783

    

15. Hidden carotenoids in the powder down of herons

    • Daniel B. Thomas
    • Kevin J. McGraw

    Original Article 21 April 2018 Pages: 785 - 792

    

16. Plumage pigmentation patterns of diurnal raptors in relation to colour ornamentation and ecology

    • Ana Cristina R. Gomes
    • Renato Silva
    • Gonçalo C. Cardoso

    Original Article 23 March 2018 Pages: 793 - 804

    

17. Relationships between sperm morphological traits and sperm swimming performance in wild Great Tits (Parus major)

    • Sylvain Losdat
    • Fabrice Helfenstein

    Original Article 09 March 2018 Pages: 805 - 814

    

18. Sperm variation in Great Tit males (Parus major) is linked to a haematological health-related trait, but not ornamentation

    • Jana Svobodová
    • Petra Bauerová
    • Tomáš Albrecht

    Original Article 17 May 2018 Pages: 815 - 822

    

19. Indirect evidence for body size reduction in a flightless island bird after human colonisation

    • Jörn Theuerkauf
    • Roman Gula

    Original Article Open access 27 February 2018 Pages: 823 - 826

    

20. Testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis with native and introduced birds in Hawaiian forests

    • Esther Sebastián-González
    • Jan van Aardt
    • Patrick J. Hart

    Original Article 17 February 2018 Pages: 827 - 838

    

21. Unexpected dietary preferences of Eurasian Spoonbills in the Dutch Wadden Sea: spoonbills mainly feed on small fish not shrimp

    • Jeltje Jouta
    • Petra de Goeij
    • Theunis Piersma

    Original Article Open access 24 March 2018 Pages: 839 - 849

    

22. Distribution, movements, and survival of the critically endangered Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis in India and Nepal

    • Rohit R. S. Jha
    • Jyotendra Jyu Thakuri
    • Paul F. Donald

    Original Article 18 April 2018 Pages: 851 - 866

    

23. Distribution and patterns of migration of a tropical seabird community in the Eastern Indian Ocean

    • Christopher A. Surman
    • Lisa W. Nicholson
    • Richard A. Phillips

    Original Article 02 May 2018 Pages: 867 - 877

    

24. First insights into the migration route and migratory connectivity of the Paddyfield Warbler using geolocator tagging and stable isotope analysis

    • Vojtěch Brlík
    • Mihaela Ilieva
    • Petr Procházka

    Short Communication 18 May 2018 Pages: 879 - 882

    

25. Correction to: Nest predation and the influence of habitat structure on nest predation of Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix, a ground-nesting forest passerine

    • Paul E. Bellamy
    • Malcolm D. Burgess
    • Elisabeth C. Charman

    Correction 05 May 2018 Pages: 883 - 884