Volume 159, Issue 2

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April 2018

28 articles in this issue

Vertical distribution of bird migration between the Baltic Sea and the Sahara
Bruno Bruderer
Dieter Peter
Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt
Review 08 January 2018 Pages: 315 - 336
Return migration of Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) between breeding grounds in Hungary and wintering grounds in Africa as documented by non-PTT GPS technology
Miklós Bán
Csaba Moskát
Márk E. Hauber
Original Article 08 November 2017 Pages: 337 - 344
Leukocyte profiles indicate nutritional, but not moulting stress in a migratory shorebird, the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Radosław Włodarczyk
Patrycja Podlaszczuk
Piotr Minias
Original Article Open access 23 November 2017 Pages: 345 - 354
Weak evidence for fine-scale genetic spatial structure in three sedentary Amazonian understorey birds
Juliana Menger
Jasmin Unrein
William E. Magnusson
Original Article 03 November 2017 Pages: 355 - 366
A systematic reappraisal of the Rufous Potoo Nyctibius bracteatus (Nyctibiidae) and description of a new genus
Thiago V. V. Costa
Bret M. Whitney
Nigel Cleere
Original Article 11 December 2017 Pages: 367 - 377
Vocal variation in relation to genetic structure in an Atlantic forest woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus fuscus): evolutionary and taxonomic implications
Natalia C. García
Luciano N. Naka
Gustavo S. Cabanne
Original Article 22 November 2017 Pages: 379 - 388
Song structure and variability in the Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
Sanja Barišić
Davor Ćiković
Herbert Hoi
Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 389 - 400
Differential responses to gosling distress calls in parental and non-parental Greylag Geese
Alina Loth
Didone Frigerio
Georgine Szipl
Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 401 - 412
Climate change, predictive modelling and grassland specialists: assessing impacts of changing climate on the long-term conservation of Lesser Grey Shrikes (Lanius minor) in Romania
Attila D. Sándor
Cristian Domşa
Original Article 14 November 2017 Pages: 413 - 424
Sexual segregation in tropical seabirds: drivers of sex-specific foraging in the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Mark G. R. Miller
Fabiola R. O. Silva
Bradley C. Congdon
Original Article 06 November 2017 Pages: 425 - 437
The importance of post-translocation monitoring of habitat use and population growth: insights from a Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) translocation
Thomas F. Johnson
Thomas J. Brown
Hannah L. Dugdale
Original Article Open access 23 November 2017 Pages: 439 - 446
Recovering Whooper Swans do not cause a decline in Eurasian Wigeon via their grazing impact on habitat
Hannu Pöysä
Johan Elmberg
Kjell Sjöberg
Original Article 13 November 2017 Pages: 447 - 455
Bird communities of a temperate forest: spatio-temporal partitioning between resident and migratory species
Lou Barbe
Régis Morel
Alain Butet
Original Article 28 November 2017 Pages: 457 - 469
Male parental effort predicts reproductive contribution in the joint-nesting, Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Joshua K. Robertson
John R. Caldwell
James S. Quinn
Original Article 25 November 2017 Pages: 471 - 481
Species-specific nest predation depends on the total passerine nest density in open-nesting passerines
Dmitry Shitikov
Tatiana Vaytina
Stanislav Samsonov
Original Article 25 November 2017 Pages: 483 - 491
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
Original Article 02 December 2017 Pages: 493 - 506
Philopatry in a reintroduced population of Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus in the Alps
David Jenny
Marc Kéry
Enrico Bassi
Original Article 13 December 2017 Pages: 507 - 515
Demography of a stable population of Crab Plovers wintering in Oman
Roeland A. Bom
Jan A. van Gils
Rosemarie Kentie
Original Article 13 January 2018 Pages: 517 - 525
Medullary bone is phylogenetically widespread and its skeletal distribution varies by taxon
Sarah Werning
Original Article 19 February 2018 Pages: 527 - 543
Patterns of variation in eggshell colour of Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) provide mixed support for the sexually selected eggshell colour hypothesis
Jeannine A. Randall
Russell D. Dawson
Original Article 11 November 2017 Pages: 545 - 554
Breath rate patterns in precocial Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) chicks in the wild
Zuzana Karlíková
Tereza Kejzlarová
Miroslav Šálek
Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 555 - 563
Bird seasonal beta-diversity in the contiguous USA
Charles A. Martin
Short Communication 29 November 2017 Pages: 565 - 569
Tail pattern variation in the Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
Cristian Pérez-Granados
Javier Seoane
Short Communication 25 November 2017 Pages: 571 - 574
Genetic and biometric variation across the fragmented range of Jerdon’s Babbler, Chrysomma altirostre, a threatened Oriental grassland specialist
Keren R. Sadanandan
Urban Olsson
Frank E. Rheindt
Short Communication 17 January 2018 Pages: 575 - 579
Mouth coloration in nestling Cave Swallows (Petrochelidon fulva) differs from that of adults, is carotenoid based and correlated with body mass
Matthew B. Dugas
Kevin J. McGraw
Stephanie A. Strickler
Short Communication 15 January 2018 Pages: 581 - 586
Sequence variation in melanocortin-1-receptor and tyrosinase-related protein 1 genes and their relationship with melanin-based plumage trait expression in Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) males
Margherita Corti
Stefano Podofillini
Diego Rubolini
Short Communication 12 February 2018 Pages: 587 - 591
Offspring sex ratio of a woodland songbird is unrelated to habitat fragmentation
Richard K. Broughton
John C. Day
Shelley A. Hinsley
Short Communication 14 March 2018 Pages: 593 - 596
Correction to: Genetic and morphological sex identification methods reveal a male-biased sex ratio in the Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Glenn Yannic
Thomas Broquet
Olivier Gilg
Correction 09 March 2018 Pages: 597 - 597

Volume 159, Issue 2

Vertical distribution of bird migration between the Baltic Sea and the Sahara

Return migration of Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) between breeding grounds in Hungary and wintering grounds in Africa as documented by non-PTT GPS technology

Leukocyte profiles indicate nutritional, but not moulting stress in a migratory shorebird, the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Weak evidence for fine-scale genetic spatial structure in three sedentary Amazonian understorey birds

A systematic reappraisal of the Rufous Potoo Nyctibius bracteatus (Nyctibiidae) and description of a new genus

Vocal variation in relation to genetic structure in an Atlantic forest woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus fuscus): evolutionary and taxonomic implications

Song structure and variability in the Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)

Differential responses to gosling distress calls in parental and non-parental Greylag Geese

Climate change, predictive modelling and grassland specialists: assessing impacts of changing climate on the long-term conservation of Lesser Grey Shrikes (Lanius minor) in Romania

Sexual segregation in tropical seabirds: drivers of sex-specific foraging in the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

The importance of post-translocation monitoring of habitat use and population growth: insights from a Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) translocation

Recovering Whooper Swans do not cause a decline in Eurasian Wigeon via their grazing impact on habitat

Bird communities of a temperate forest: spatio-temporal partitioning between resident and migratory species

Male parental effort predicts reproductive contribution in the joint-nesting, Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Species-specific nest predation depends on the total passerine nest density in open-nesting passerines

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

Philopatry in a reintroduced population of Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus in the Alps

Demography of a stable population of Crab Plovers wintering in Oman

Medullary bone is phylogenetically widespread and its skeletal distribution varies by taxon

Patterns of variation in eggshell colour of Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) provide mixed support for the sexually selected eggshell colour hypothesis

Breath rate patterns in precocial Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) chicks in the wild

Bird seasonal beta-diversity in the contiguous USA

Tail pattern variation in the Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)

Genetic and biometric variation across the fragmented range of Jerdon’s Babbler, Chrysomma altirostre, a threatened Oriental grassland specialist

Mouth coloration in nestling Cave Swallows (Petrochelidon fulva) differs from that of adults, is carotenoid based and correlated with body mass

Sequence variation in melanocortin-1-receptor and tyrosinase-related protein 1 genes and their relationship with melanin-based plumage trait expression in Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) males

Offspring sex ratio of a woodland songbird is unrelated to habitat fragmentation

Correction to: Genetic and morphological sex identification methods reveal a male-biased sex ratio in the Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea

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