1. Vocal behaviour of mates at the nest in the White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus: contexts and structure of vocal interactions, pair-specific acoustic signature

   • Avelyne S. Villain
   • Mathieu Mahamoud-Issa
   • Clémentine Vignal

   Original Article 30 March 2017 Pages: 897 - 910

   

2. Cues to individual identity in songs of songbirds: testing general song characteristics in Chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita

   • Alexandra Průchová
   • Pavel Jaška
   • Pavel Linhart

   Original Article Open access 25 April 2017 Pages: 911 - 924

   

3. Great Reed Warbler singing behavior and conspicuous song structures are not nest-location cues for the Common Cuckoo

   • Miroslav Capek
   • Tereza Petrusková
   • Milica Požgayová

   Original Article 06 June 2017 Pages: 925 - 933

   

4. Mobbing behavior and fatal attacks on snakes by Fasciated Antshrikes (Cymbilaimus lineatus)

   • Ioana Chiver
   • César A. Jaramillo
   • Eugene S. Morton

   Original Article 28 March 2017 Pages: 935 - 942

   

5. Energy saving of aerial roosting Swifts by dynamic flap-gliding flight

   • Gottfried Sachs

   Original Article 06 April 2017 Pages: 943 - 953

   

6. Biogeographical variation of plumage coloration in the sexually dichromatic Hawai‘i ‘Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens)

   • Jacqueline M. Gaudioso-Levita
   • Patrick J. Hart
   • Esther Sebastián-González

   Original Article 03 April 2017 Pages: 955 - 964

   

7. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Socorro parakeet (Psittacara holochlorus brevipes): recent speciation with minor morphological differentiation

   • Juan E. Martínez-Gómez
   • Noemí Matías-Ferrer
   • Patricia Escalante-Pliego

   Original Article 13 June 2017 Pages: 965 - 978

   

8. Conditions at autumn stopover sites affect survival of a migratory passerine

   • Lucyna Halupka
   • Kaja Wierucka
   • Ewelina Klimczuk

   Original Article Open access 17 July 2017 Pages: 979 - 988

   

9. Effects of body condition and food intake on stop-over decisions in Garden Warblers and European Robins during spring migration

   • Sara Lupi
   • Ivan Maggini
   • Leonida Fusani

   Original Article Open access 18 July 2017 Pages: 989 - 999

   

10. Nocturnal, diurnal and bimodal patterns of locomotion, sibling interactions and sleep in nestling Barn Owls

    • Madeleine F. Scriba
    • Amélie N. Dreiss
    • Alexandre Roulin

    Original Article 08 May 2017 Pages: 1001 - 1012

    

11. Urbanization, climate and ecological stress indicators in an endemic nectarivore, the Cape Sugarbird

    • B. Mackay
    • A. T. K. Lee
    • M. Brown

    Original Article 09 May 2017 Pages: 1013 - 1024

    

12. Marked daily variation in spring temperature induces variation in Caspase-3, Bcl-2 and HSP60 in Asian Short-toed Larks: how do wild birds maintain cellular homeostasis to cope with the ambient temperature variation?

    • Xiaoyan Qin
    • Tingting Liu
    • Shuping Zhang

    Original Article 24 June 2017 Pages: 1025 - 1034

    

13. The effect of uropygial gland secretions of Spectacled Thrushes (Turdus nudigenis) on feather degradation and bacterial growth in vitro

    • Carlos Verea
    • Juana Vitelli–Flores
    • Carlos Bosque

    Original Article 04 May 2017 Pages: 1035 - 1043

    

14. Use of anthropogenic material affects bird nest arthropod community structure: influence of urbanisation, and consequences for ectoparasites and fledging success

    • Hugh J. Hanmer
    • Rebecca L. Thomas
    • Mark D. E. Fellowes

    Original Article Open access 18 May 2017 Pages: 1045 - 1059

    

15. Molting while breeding? Lessons from New World Tyrannus Flycatchers

    • Alex E. Jahn
    • Vanesa Bejarano
    • Diego T. Tuero

    Original Article 03 July 2017 Pages: 1061 - 1072

    

16. Are Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) tree cavities in temperate Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests an answer to depredation risk?

    • Volker Zahner
    • Robert Bauer
    • Thomas A. M. Kaphegyi

    Original Article 20 June 2017 Pages: 1073 - 1079

17. Predatory risk favours intermittent incubation of a colonial burrowing shorebird, the Crab Plover Dromas ardeola

    • Giuseppe De Marchi
    • Giorgio Chiozzi
    • Mauro Fasola

    Original Article 22 June 2017 Pages: 1081 - 1090

    

18. Avian nest abandonment prior to laying—a strategy to minimize predation risk?

    • Mark Flegeltaub
    • Peter A. Biro
    • Christa Beckmann

    Original Article 17 July 2017 Pages: 1091 - 1098

    

19. Intraclutch egg size variation is independent of ecological context among years in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

    • Kate F. Gibson
    • Tony D. Williams

    Original Article 04 July 2017 Pages: 1099 - 1110

    

20. Parental attendance of Chestnut Thrush reduces nest predation during the incubation period: compensation for low nest concealment?

    • Yun-Biao Hu
    • Qing-Shan Zhao
    • Yue-Hua Sun

    Original Article 19 July 2017 Pages: 1111 - 1117

    

21. Dynamics in numbers of group-roosting individuals in relation to pair-sleeping occurrence and onset of egg-laying in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster

    • Liviu G. Pârâu
    • Sjouke A. Kingma
    • Julia Schroeder

    Short Communication 28 June 2017 Pages: 1119 - 1122