1. Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the Azores Islands: Evidence of a recent colonisation

   • Pedro Rodrigues
   • Ricardo Jorge Lopes
   • Regina Tristão da Cunha

   Original Article 25 April 2013 Pages: 889 - 900

   

2. Nest aggregation and reproductive synchrony promote Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni seasonal fitness

   • Rosanna Di Maggio
   • Daniela Campobello
   • Maurizio Sarà

   Original Article 07 May 2013 Pages: 901 - 910

   

3. The potential distribution of the Red Kite in Germany

   • Christian Heuck
   • Roland Brandl
   • Thomas K. Gottschalk

   Original Article 12 May 2013 Pages: 911 - 921

   

4. The third nearly complete passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Europe

   • Zbigniew M. Bochenski
   • Teresa Tomek
   • Ewa Swidnicka

   Original Article Open access 07 May 2013 Pages: 923 - 931

   

5. Mortality within the annual cycle: seasonal survival patterns in Afro-Siberian Red Knots Calidris canutus canutus

   • Jutta Leyrer
   • Tamar Lok
   • Theunis Piersma

   Original Article 12 May 2013 Pages: 933 - 943

   

6. Is it always beneficial to breed in the centre? Trade-offs in nest site selection within the colony of a tree-nesting waterbird

   • Piotr Minias
   • Krzysztof Kaczmarek

   Original Article Open access 30 April 2013 Pages: 945 - 953

   

7. Repeatability of sperm size and motility within and between seasons in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

   • Terje Laskemoen
   • Oddmund Kleven
   • Jan T. Lifjeld

   Original Article 07 May 2013 Pages: 955 - 963

   

8. Trophic responses to the hatching of offspring in a central-place foraging seabird

   • J. Mark Hipfner
   • Laura McFarlane-Tranquilla
   • Keith A. Hobson

   Original Article 30 April 2013 Pages: 965 - 970

   

9. Antioxidant defences and lipid peroxidation in wild White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, from Spain

   • Ana-Lourdes Oropesa
   • Carlos Gravato
   • Francisco Soler

   Original Article 29 May 2013 Pages: 971 - 976

10. Phenotypic variation of Forest Thrushes Turdus lherminieri in Guadeloupe: evidence for geographic differentiation at fine spatial scale

    • Emilie Arnoux
    • Cyril Eraud
    • Bruno Faivre

    Original Article 21 May 2013 Pages: 977 - 985

    

11. Genetic differentiation between migratory and sedentary populations of the Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica), with the discovery of a novel cryptic sedentary lineage

    • Wen-Loung Lin
    • Lucia Liu Severinghaus
    • Si-Min Lin

    Original Article 21 May 2013 Pages: 987 - 994

    

12. Effects of weather variation on a declining population of Slavonian Grebes Podiceps auritus

    • Steven R. Ewing
    • Stuart Benn
    • Jeremy D. Wilson

    Original Article 12 June 2013 Pages: 995 - 1006

    

13. Individual quality persists between years: individuals retain body condition from one winter to the next in Teal

    • Matthieu Guillemain
    • Andy J. Green
    • Michel Gauthier-Clerc

    Original Article 21 May 2013 Pages: 1007 - 1018

    

14. Physiological condition and blood parasites of breeding Great Tits: a comparison of core and northernmost populations

    • Tatjana Krama
    • Valērija Suraka
    • Indrikis Krams

    Original Article 26 May 2013 Pages: 1019 - 1028

    

15. Microsatellite variation in Rufous Hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) and evidence for a weakly structured population

    • Ida E. Bailey
    • Gernot Segelbacher
    • Josephine M. Pemberton

    Original Article 29 May 2013 Pages: 1029 - 1037

    

16. The Bananaquit, a Neotropical passerine nectar feeding bird, has a high protein requirement relative to other nectarivorous birds

    • P. Michel
    • J. Pérez-Emán
    • A. Mata

    Original Article 16 June 2013 Pages: 1039 - 1047

    

17. A review of nest and egg descriptions for the genus Myrmeciza, with the first description of nests and eggs of the dull-mantled antbird (M. laemosticta)

    • Harold F. Greeney
    • César Sánchez
    • Ernesto Carman

    Original Article Open access 14 June 2013 Pages: 1049 - 1056

    

18. Intra-clutch variation in avian eggshell pigmentation covaries with female quality

    • Greet De Coster
    • Liesbeth De Neve
    • Luc Lens

    Original Article 13 June 2013 Pages: 1057 - 1065

    

19. Environmental conditions on wintering grounds and during migration influence spring nutritional condition and arrival phenology of Neotropical migrants at a northern stopover site

    • Ana María González-Prieto
    • Keith A. Hobson

    Original Article 22 June 2013 Pages: 1067 - 1078

    

20. Measuring seabird productivity: inter-plot differences in the effect of site openness on the breeding success of the Common Guillemot Uria aalge

    • Richard P. Kipling

    Original Article 19 June 2013 Pages: 1079 - 1085

    

21. Origins of juvenile Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) harvested in Spain inferred from stable hydrogen isotope (δ ²H) analyses of feathers

    • Keith A. Hobson
    • Steven L. Van Wilgenburg
    • Beatriz Arroyo

    Original Article 19 June 2013 Pages: 1087 - 1094

    

22. The benefits of being big: effects of body size on energy budgets of three wintering goose species grazing Carex beds in the Yangtze River floodplain, China

    • Xin Wang
    • Yong Zhang
    • Anthony D. Fox

    Original Article 23 June 2013 Pages: 1095 - 1103

    

23. Multilocus test of the absence of mtDNA phylogeographic structure in a widespread wader, the Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

    • Chih-Ming Hung
    • Sergei V. Drovetski
    • Robert M. Zink

    Original Article 26 June 2013 Pages: 1105 - 1113

    

24. Regulation of stopover duration in the European Robin Erithacus rubecula

    • Victor N. Bulyuk
    • Arseny Tsvey

    Original Article 26 June 2013 Pages: 1115 - 1126

    

25. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Mohoua, endemic hosts of New Zealand’s obligate brood parasitic Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis)

    • Zachary Aidala
    • Nicola Chong
    • Mark E. Hauber

    Short Note 27 June 2013 Pages: 1127 - 1133