1. Modelling habitat selection of the cryptic Hazel Grouse Bonasa bonasia in a montane forest

   • Daniel Müller
   • Boris Schröder
   • Jörg Müller

   Original Article 07 March 2009 Pages: 717 - 732

   

2. Rise in human activities on the mudflats and Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) wintering distribution in relation to Zostera spp. beds: a 30-year study

   • Diane Desmonts
   • Hervé Fritz
   • Roger Maheo

   Original Article 05 March 2009 Pages: 733 - 742

   

3. Solos, duets and choruses: vocal behaviour of the Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha), a cooperatively breeding neotropical songbird

   • David W. Bradley
   • Daniel J. Mennill

   Original Article 07 March 2009 Pages: 743 - 753

   

4. Sexual dimorphism in Ivory-billed Woodcreepers (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster) in Mexico

   • Fernando Puebla-Olivares
   • Elsa Margarita Figueroa-Esquivel

   Original Article 07 March 2009 Pages: 755 - 760

5. Compared distribution within a disturbed fishpond ecosystem of breeding ducks and bird species indicators of habitat quality

   • Joël Broyer

   Original Article 10 March 2009 Pages: 761 - 768

   

6. Breeding ecology and behaviour of the last wild oriental Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) in Syria

   • Gianluca Serra
   • Lubomir Peske
   • Ahmed Kanani

   Original Article 14 March 2009 Pages: 769 - 782

   

7. Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China

   • Zihui Zhang
   • Chunling Gao
   • Guangmei Zheng

   Original Article 03 March 2009 Pages: 783 - 790

   

8. Cooperative breeding, mate guarding, and nest sharing in two parrot species of New Caledonia

   • Jörn Theuerkauf
   • Sophie Rouys
   • Ralph Kuehn

   Original Article 03 April 2009 Pages: 791 - 797

9. Patterns of resource use in an assemblage of birds in the canopy of a temperate alluvial forest

   • Stefan M. Böhm
   • Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

   Original Article 05 May 2009 Pages: 799 - 814

   

10. Age and environment affect constitutive immune function in Red Knots (Calidris canutus)

    • Deborah M. Buehler
    • B. Irene Tieleman
    • Theunis Piersma

    Original Article 07 April 2009 Pages: 815 - 825

    

11. A single functional testis and long deferent duct papillae: the peculiar male reproductive tract of the classically polyandrous, sex-role reversed Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)

    • Roland Frey
    • Wolfgang Goymann

    Original Article Open access 18 April 2009 Pages: 827 - 838

    

12. Sex-specific fledgling success and brood sex ratio in the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

    • Andrzej Dyrcz
    • Mariusz Cichoń

    Original Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 839 - 844

    

13. Distance from the forest edge matters in habitat selection of the Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii

    • Adolfo Christian Montes-Medina
    • Hugh Drummond
    • Sin-Yeon Kim

    Original Article 18 April 2009 Pages: 845 - 852

    

14. Alarm calls of the Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus: variation with nesting stage and predator model

    • Mariana Fasanella
    • Gustavo J. Fernández

    Original Article 21 April 2009 Pages: 853 - 863

    

15. Nazca Booby (Sula granti) inputs maintain the terrestrial food web of Malpelo Island

    • Mateo López-Victoria
    • Volkmar Wolters
    • Bernd Werding

    Original Article 25 April 2009 Pages: 865 - 870

    

16. Large-scale land use change may explain bird species declines in semi-natural areas: the case of Black Grouse population collapse in Lower Saxony, Germany

    • Tobias Ludwig
    • Ilse Storch
    • Stefanie Gärtner

    Original Article 17 May 2009 Pages: 871 - 882

    

17. Samuel Pepys’s hand-coloured copy of John Ray’s ‘The Ornithology of Francis Willughby’ (1678)

    • Robert Montgomerie
    • T. R. Birkhead

    Original Contribution 17 May 2009 Pages: 883 - 891

    

18. Advanced breeding dates in relation to recent climate warming in a Mediterranean montane population of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus

    • Jaime Potti

    Original Article 17 May 2009 Pages: 893 - 901

    

19. Eye size and the time of arrival of birds at garden feeding stations in winter

    • Nancy Ockendon
    • Sarah E. Davis
    • Sarah Mukherjee

    Short Note 12 May 2009 Pages: 903 - 908

    

20. Notes on the breeding biology of the Sichuan Treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis)

    • Yue-Hua Sun
    • Ying-Xin Jiang
    • Zhong-Lin Bi

    Short Note 25 June 2009 Pages: 909 - 913

    

21. Using eggshell membranes as a DNA source for population genetic research

    • Krijn Baptist Trimbos
    • Joyce Broekman
    • Geert R. de Snoo

    Technical Notes Open access 04 July 2009 Pages: 915 - 920

    

22. Isolation of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus)

    • Nadine Klauke
    • Juan F. Masello
    • Gernot Segelbacher

    Technical Notes Open access 23 June 2009 Pages: 921 - 924

    

23. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from Round Island Petrels (Pterodroma arminjoniana) and their utility in other seabird species

    • Ruth M. Brown
    • William C. Jordan

    Technical Note 22 May 2009 Pages: 925 - 929

24. Wheatear molt and assignment tests: ongoing lessons in using stable isotopes to infer origins

    • Deborah A. Rocque
    • Merav Ben-David
    • Kevin Winker

    Commentary 25 June 2009 Pages: 931 - 934