Avian Research

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Identification of coastal wetlands of international importance for waterbirds: a review of China Coastal Waterbird Surveys 2005-2013

China Coastal Waterbird Census Group, Qingquan Bai, Jianzhong Chen, Zhihong Chen, Guotai Dong, Jiangtian Dong, Wenxiao Dong, Wing Kan Vivian Fu, Yongxiang Han, Gang Lu, Jing Li, Yang Liu, Zhi Lin, Derong Meng, Jonathan Martinez, Guanghui Ni, Kai Shan, Renjie Sun, Suixing Tian, Fengqin Wang, Zhiwei Xu, Yat-tung Yu, Jin Yang, Zhidong Yang, Lin Zhang, Ming Zhang, Xiangwu Zeng

2015, 6: 12. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0021-2

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Avian introgression in the genomic era

Jente Ottenburghs, Robert H. S. Kraus, Pim van Hooft, Sipke E. van Wieren, Ronald C. Ydenberg, Herbert H. T. Prins

2017, 8: 30. doi: 10.1186/s40657-017-0088-z

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Geographic variation in sexual selection and implications for speciation in the Barn Swallow

Elizabeth SC Scordato, Rebecca J Safran

2014, 5: 8. doi: 10.1186/s40657-014-0008-4

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Population trends, threats, and conservation recommendations for waterbirds in China

Xiaodan Wang, Fenliang Kuang, Kun Tan, Zhijun Ma

2018, 9: 14. doi: 10.1186/s40657-018-0106-9

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The structure of mixed-species bird flocks, and their response to anthropogenic disturbance, with special reference to East Asia

Eben Goodale, Ping Ding, Xiaohu Liu, Ari Martínez, Xingfeng Si, Mitch Walters, Scott K. Robinson

2015, 6: 14. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0023-0

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Hawk mimicry does not reduce attacks of cuckoos by highly aggressive hosts

Laikun Ma, Canchao Yang, Wei Liang

2018, 9: 35. doi: 10.1186/s40657-018-0127-4

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Effects of variation in food resources on foraging habitat use by wintering Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha)

Meng Zheng, Lizhi Zhou, Niannian Zhao, Wenbin Xu

2015, 6: 11. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0020-3

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Brain size and urbanization in birds

Anders Pape Møller, Johannes Erritzøe

2015, 6: 8. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0017-y

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Integrative taxonomy of the Plain-backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima) complex (Aves, Turdidae) reveals cryptic species, including a new species

Per Alström, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Chao Zhao, Jingzi Xu, Shashank Dalvi, Tianlong Cai, Yuyan Guan, Ruiying Zhang, Mikhail V. Kalyakin, Fumin Lei, Urban Olsson

2016, 7: 1. doi: 10.1186/s40657-016-0037-2

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Identification of vocal individuality in male cuckoos using different analytical techniques

Yang Li, Canwei Xia, Huw Lloyd, Donglai Li, Yanyun Zhang

2017, 8: 21. doi: 10.1186/s40657-017-0079-0

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Multispecies hybridization in birds

Jente Ottenburghs

2019, 10: 20. doi: 10.1186/s40657-019-0159-4

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Gender identification using acoustic analysis in birds without external sexual dimorphism

Ilya A. Volodin, Elena V. Volodina, Anna V. Klenova, Vera A. Matrosova

2015, 6: 20. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0033-y

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Subspecific variation in sperm morphology and performance in the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Melissah Rowe, Simon C. Griffith, Antje Hofgaard, Jan T. Lifjeld

2015, 6: 23. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0032-z

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The role of climate factors in geographic variation in body mass and wing length in a passerine bird

Yanfeng Sun, Mo Li, Gang Song, Fumin Lei, Dongming Li, Yuefeng Wu

2017, 8: 1. doi: 10.1186/s40657-016-0059-9

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The use of demersal trawling discards as a food source for two scavenging seabird species: a case study of an eastern Mediterranean oligotrophic marine ecosystem

Georgios Karris, Vlasis Ketsilis-Rinis, Anastasia Kalogeropoulou, Stavros Xirouchakis, Athanasios Machias, Irida Maina, Stefanos Kavadas

2018, 9: 26. doi: 10.1186/s40657-018-0118-5

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Nest predators, nest-site selection and nest success of the Emei Shan Liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis), a vulnerable babbler endemic to southwestern China

Yiqiang Fu, Benping Chen, Simon D. Dowell, Zhengwang Zhang

2016, 7: 18. doi: 10.1186/s40657-016-0054-1

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Spring migration duration exceeds that of autumn migration in Far East Asian Greater White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons)

Xueqin Deng, Qingshan Zhao, Lei Fang, Zhenggang Xu, Xin Wang, Haoren He, Lei Cao, Anthony David Fox

2019, 10: 19. doi: 10.1186/s40657-019-0157-6

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A phylogeny of the Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes) based on mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene

Lina Wu, Yanfeng Sun, Juyong Li, Yaqing Li, Yuefeng Wu, Dongming Li

2015, 6: 1. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0010-5

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Egg-spot matching in common cuckoo parasitism of the oriental reed warbler: effects of host nest availability and egg rejection

Donglai Li, Yanan Ruan, Ying Wang, Alan K. Chang, Dongmei Wan, Zhengwang Zhang

2016, 7: 21. doi: 10.1186/s40657-016-0057-y

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Seasonal variation in body mass and energy budget in Chinese bulbuls(pycnonotus sinensis)

Mengsi Wu, Yuchao Xiao, Fang Yang, Limeng Zhou, Weihong Zheng, Jinsong Liu

2014, 5: 4. doi: 10.1186/s40657-014-0004-8

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Top Cited

Avian Research awarded “Hundred Outstanding University Sci-Tech Journals”

Assigning hatchlings to eggs: Is relative mass assignment an accurate method?

J. Dylan Maddox doi:10.1186/s40657-017-0077-2

Comparative phylogeography of two sister species of snowcock: impacts of species-specific altitude preference and life history

Bei An, Lixun Zhang, Yutao Wang, Sen Song doi:10.1186/s40657-019-0187-0

Developing and validating a nestling photographic aging guide for cavity-nesting birds: an example with the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Joana S. Costa, Afonso D. Rocha, Ricardo A. Correia, José A. Alves doi:10.1186/s40657-020-0188-z

Effects of a regenerating matrix on the survival of birds in tropical forest fragments

Jared D. Wolfe, Philip C. Stouffer, Richard O. Bierregaard Jr., David A. Luther, Thomas E. Lovejoy doi:10.1186/s40657-020-00193-x

Cyclical helping hands: seasonal tailwinds differentially affect migrating Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana) travel speed

Shujuan Fan, Qingshan Zhao, Hongbin Li, Baoguang Zhu, Shubin Dong, Yanbo Xie, Lei Cao, Anthony David Fox doi:10.1186/s40657-020-00196-8

Individual and demographic responses of a marsh bird assemblage to habitat loss and subsequent restoration

Rubén Moreno-Opo doi:10.1186/s40657-020-00190-0

Comparing community birdwatching and professional bird monitoring with implications for avian diversity research: a case study of Suzhou, China

Yan Zhou, Anping Chen, Jenny Q. Ouyang, Yanlin Liu, Aiyu Zheng, Zaixi Yang, Yong Zhang, Bin Wang, Yifei Jia, Shengwu Jiao, Qing Zeng, Changhu Lu doi:10.1186/s40657-020-00205-w

Nightlife in the city: drivers of the occurrence and vocal activity of a tropical owl

Oscar Humberto Marín-Gómez, Michelle García-Arroyo, Camilo E. Sánchez-Sarria, J. Roberto Sosa-López, Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Ian MacGregor-Fors doi:10.1186/s40657-020-00197-7

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