1. Loop migration, induced by seasonally different flyway use, in Northern European Barn Swallows

   • Martins Briedis
   • Petras Kurlavičius
   • Steffen Hahn

   Original Article 14 May 2018 Pages: 885 - 891

   

2. Full annual cycle tracking of a small songbird, the Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope, along the East Asian flyway

   • Wieland Heim
   • Lykke Pedersen
   • Kasper Thorup

   Original Article 19 May 2018 Pages: 893 - 899

   

3. Scale-dependent resource selection and space use by Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) in a heterogenous mixed-shrub ecosystem

   • Fidelis A. Atuo
   • Timothy J. O’Connell

   Original Article 05 June 2018 Pages: 901 - 911

   

4. Post-fledging movement and spatial ecology of the endangered Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres)

   • Francis R. Martens
   • Morgan B. Pfeiffer
   • Jan A. Venter

   Original Article 25 May 2018 Pages: 913 - 922

   

5. Male and female Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris feed on the same prey species but use different feeding habitats

   • Kentaro Kazama
   • Bungo Nishizawa
   • Yutaka Watanuki

   Original Article 29 May 2018 Pages: 923 - 934

   

6. Albatross chicks reveal interactions of adults with artisanal longline fisheries within a short range

   • Jean-Baptiste Thiebot
   • Bungo Nishizawa
   • Yutaka Watanuki

   Original Article 28 June 2018 Pages: 935 - 944

   

7. Common pastures are important refuges for a declining passerine bird in a pre-alpine agricultural landscape

   • Cinja Schwarz
   • Jürgen Trautner
   • Thomas Fartmann

   Original Article 16 May 2018 Pages: 945 - 954

   

8. Habitat correlates of Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola abundance in a declining resident population

   • Christopher J. Heward
   • Andrew N. Hoodless
   • Nicholas J. Aebischer

   Original Article Open access 23 June 2018 Pages: 955 - 965

   

9. Effect of geographical latitude and sun exposure on Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus) nest orientation

   • Alejandro A. Schaaf
   • Cecilia G. García
   • Agustín I. E. Quaglia

   Original Article 18 June 2018 Pages: 967 - 974

   

10. Seasonal variation in nest predation rates in boreal forests

    • Magne Husby
    • Katrine S. Hoset

    Original Article 24 May 2018 Pages: 975 - 984

    

11. Fecal sacs do not increase nest predation in a ground nester

    • Enrique Rubio
    • Olivia Sanllorente
    • Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo

    Original Article Open access 29 May 2018 Pages: 985 - 990

12. Nest feathering responses by Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) to experimental warming

    • Erika R. Holland
    • Dave Shutler

    Original Article 31 May 2018 Pages: 991 - 998

    

13. Birds use structural properties when selecting materials for different parts of their nests

    • Lucia E. Biddle
    • D. Charles Deeming
    • Adrian M. Goodman

    Original Article Open access 20 June 2018 Pages: 999 - 1008

    

14. Progression in the bacterial load during the breeding season in nest boxes occupied by the Blue Tit and its potential impact on hatching or fledging success

    • Andrew Devaynes
    • André Antunes
    • Paul Ashton

    Original Article Open access 28 June 2018 Pages: 1009 - 1017

    

15. Brood rearing has an immediate survival cost for female Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi

    • Jin-Ming Zhao
    • Yun Fang
    • Yue-Hua Sun

    Original Article 02 July 2018 Pages: 1019 - 1029

    

16. Nectar intake and foraging efficiency: the responses of sunbirds to flower morphology

    • Celiwe A. Ngcamphalala
    • Ida E. Bailey
    • Susan W. Nicolson

    Original Article 18 June 2018 Pages: 1031 - 1041

    

17. Does urbanization affect wing pointedness in the Blackbird Turdus merula?

    • Elisabeth Saccavino
    • Jan Krämer
    • Dieter Thomas Tietze

    Original Article 02 July 2018 Pages: 1043 - 1051

    

18. Temperature and aridity determine body size conformity to Bergmann’s rule independent of latitudinal differences in a tropical environment

    • Chima J. Nwaogu
    • B. Irene Tieleman
    • Will Cresswell

    Original Article Open access 27 June 2018 Pages: 1053 - 1062

    

19. Seasonal physiological responses to heat in an alpine range-restricted bird: the Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus)

    • Krista N. Oswald
    • Alan T. K. Lee
    • Ben Smit

    Original Article 10 July 2018 Pages: 1063 - 1072

    

20. Dissecting bird diversity in the Pantepui area of endemism, northern South America

    • Sérgio Henrique Borges
    • Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos
    • Camila Ribas

    Original Article 29 June 2018 Pages: 1073 - 1086

    

21. Quaternary-related genetic differentiation and parallel population dynamics of the Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) in the circum-Japan Sea region

    • Daisuke Aoki
    • Gohta Kinoshita
    • Hitoshi Suzuki

    Original Article 22 June 2018 Pages: 1087 - 1097

    

22. Low prevalence of haemosporidian parasites in resident Greylag Geese (Anser anser) in southwestern Germany

    • Sandrine Musa
    • Katrin Fachet
    • Friederike Woog

    Original Article 28 June 2018 Pages: 1099 - 1103

23. “Ficedula”: an open-source MATLAB toolbox for cutting, segmenting and computer-aided clustering of bird song

    • Sándor Zsebők
    • György Blázi
    • László Zsolt Garamszegi

    Technical Note 12 July 2018 Pages: 1105 - 1111