1. Interpreting seasonal range shifts in migratory birds: a critical assessment of ‘short-stopping’ and a suggested terminology

   • Johan Elmberg
   • Rebecca Hessel
   • Lars Dalby

   Review 01 July 2014 Pages: 571 - 579

   

2. On the systematic position of the Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus (Agapornithinae, Psittaciformes)

   • Albrecht Manegold
   • Lars Podsiadlowski

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 581 - 589

   

3. Tests of multiple molecular markers for the identification of Great Spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers and their hybrids

   • Jerzy Michalczuk
   • Allan D. McDevitt
   • Łukasz Kajtoch

   Original Article Open access 01 July 2014 Pages: 591 - 600

   

4. Changes in Stonechat Saxicola torquata morphology: a response to climate change?

   • Volker Salewski
   • Wesley M. Hochachka
   • Heiner Flinks

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 601 - 609

   

5. Seasonal variation in the diet of Spoonbill chicks in the Wadden Sea: a stable isotopes approach

   • El-Hacen Mohamed El-Hacen
   • Theunis Piersma
   • Tamar Lok

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 611 - 619

   

6. Early evening activity of migratory Garden Warbler Sylvia borin: compass calibration activity?

   • Alexander Pakhomov
   • Nikita Chernetsov

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 621 - 630

   

7. Storm-induced shifts in optimal nesting sites: a potential effect of climate change

   • David N. Bonter
   • Sarah A. MacLean
   • Michelle C. Moglia

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 631 - 638

   

8. Extent of a white plumage patch covaries with testosterone levels in female Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

   • Juan Moreno
   • Diego Gil
   • Jimena López-Arrabé

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 639 - 648

   

9. The potential use of artificial nests for the management and sustainable utilization of saker falcons (Falco cherrug)

   • Md. Lutfor Rahman
   • Gankhuyag Purev-Ochir
   • Andrew Dixon

   Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 649 - 656

   

10. Suitable, reachable but not colonised: seasonal niche duality in an endemic mountainous songbird

    • Jan O. Engler
    • Dennis Rödder
    • Marc I. Förschler

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 657 - 669

    

11. An experimental test in Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) of the effect of incubation and maternal preen oil on eggshell microbial load

    • M. Giraudeau
    • G. Á. Czirják
    • P. Heeb

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 671 - 677

    

12. Drivers of breeding numbers in a long-distance migrant, the Garganey (Anas querquedula): effects of climate and hunting pressure

    • Hannu Pöysä
    • Veli-Matti Väänänen

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 679 - 687

    

13. Similar, yet different: male Reed Buntings (Emberiza schoeniclus) show high individual differences in song composition, rates of syllable sharing and use

    • M. Bessert-Nettelbeck
    • S. Kipper
    • S. L. Voigt-Heucke

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 689 - 700

    

14. Visual scoring of eggshell patterns has poor repeatability

    • Kaat Brulez
    • Pankaj K. Choudhary
    • Phillip Cassey

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 701 - 706

    

15. Shifting to an energy-poor diet for nitrogen? Not the case for wintering herbivorous Lesser White-fronted Geese in China

    • Xin Wang
    • Anthony D. Fox
    • Peihao Cong

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 707 - 712

    

16. Brood sex allocation in the neotropical cooperative White-banded Tanager Neothraupis fasciata

    • Daniel Tourem Gressler
    • Zélia da Paz Pereira
    • Miguel Ângelo Marini

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 713 - 719

17. Determinants of prevalence and intensity of infection with malaria parasites in the Blue Tit

    • Edyta Podmokła
    • Anna Dubiec
    • Mariusz Cichoń

    Original Article Open access 01 July 2014 Pages: 721 - 727

    

18. Cooperative courtship display in Long-tailed Manakins Chiroxiphia linearis: predictors of courtship success revealed through full characterization of display

    • K. C. Lukianchuk
    • S. M. Doucet

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 729 - 743

    

19. Compensation for lateral drift due to crosswind in migrating European Bee-eaters

    • Nir Sapir
    • Nir Horvitz
    • Ran Nathan

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 745 - 753

    

20. Evolution within the nuthatches (Sittidae: Aves, Passeriformes): molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and ecological perspectives

    • Eric Pasquet
    • F. Keith Barker
    • Alice Cibois

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 755 - 765

    

21. Widespread lineage diversity of leucocytozoon blood parasites in distinct populations of western Red-tailed Hawks

    • M. A. Jasper
    • J. M. Hull
    • R. N. M. Sehgal

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 767 - 775

    

22. Stealing food from conspecifics: spatial behavior of kleptoparasitic Common Terns Sterna hirundo within the colony site

    • Germán O. García
    • Juliane Riechert
    • Peter H. Becker

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 777 - 783

    

23. Fuel stores, time of spring, and movement behavior influence stopover duration of Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

    • Emily B. Cohen
    • Frank R. Moore
    • Richard A. Fischer

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 785 - 792

    

24. Does darkness limit the use of tree cavities for nesting by birds?

    • Marta Maziarz
    • Tomasz Wesołowski

    Original Article Open access 01 July 2014 Pages: 793 - 799

    

25. Flexible foraging for finding fish: variable diving patterns in Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus from different colonies

    • Juan E. Sala
    • Rory P. Wilson
    • Flavio Quintana

    Original Article 01 July 2014 Pages: 801 - 817

    

26. Fault bars and bacterial infection

    • Roger Jovani
    • Tomás Montalvo
    • Sara Sabaté

    Short Note 01 July 2014 Pages: 819 - 823

    

27. Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus capturing chironomids in flight: have flight costs been overestimated?

    • Hans Källander

    Short Note 01 July 2014 Pages: 825 - 827

    

28. Does the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola show differential migration by age during the autumn in the Iberian Peninsula?

    • David Miguélez
    • Javier García
    • Benito Fuertes

    Short Note 01 July 2014 Pages: 829 - 833

    

29. Development of 12 microsatellite loci for the endangered Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) and their cross-amplification in two co-occurring Brushfinches

    • Stefanie A. Hartmann
    • H. Martin Schaefer
    • Gernot Segelbacher

    Technical Note 01 July 2014 Pages: 835 - 839