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Emu - Austral Ornithology is the premier journal for ornithological research and reviews related to the Southern Hemisphere and adjacent tropics. More

Editor: Kate Buchanan

 
 
 

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Volume 113 Number 2 2013

     
 
Ratites, seeds and biodiversity 
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Katherine L. Buchanan
pp. i-i
 
 

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Are haematocrit and haemoglobin concentration reliable indicators of body condition in adult Welcome Swallows? 
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Alan Lill, Lara Yachou-Wos and Christopher P. Johnstone
pp. 93-98
 
 

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Is geographical variation in the size of Australian shorebirds consistent with hypotheses on differential migration? 
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Silke Nebel, Ken G. Rogers, Clive D. T. Minton and Danny I. Rogers
pp. 99-111
 
 

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Reduced rainfall explains avian declines in an unfragmented landscape: incremental steps toward an empty forest? 
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Helen C. Stevens and David M. Watson
pp. 112-121
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Variability in size of groups in communal roosts: influence of age-class, abundance of individuals and roosting site 
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Sergio A. Lambertucci
pp. 122-127
 
 

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Female-biased mortality of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on the wintering grounds 
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Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Andréa Corrado Adornes, Paula Lima Canabarro, Valeria Ruoppolo, Rodolfo Pinho da Silva-Filho and José Luiz Catão-Dias
pp. 128-134
 
 

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Use of terrestrial habitats by burrow-nesting seabirds in south-eastern Australia 
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Nicole Schumann, Peter Dann and John P. Y. Arnould
pp. 135-144
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Comparative foraging behaviour of sympatric Humboldt and Magellanic Penguins reveals species-specific and sex-specific strategies 
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Andrea Raya Rey, Klemens Pütz, Alejandro Simeone, Luciano Hiriart-Bertrand, Ronnie Reyes-Arriagada, Victoria Riquelme and Benno Lüthi
pp. 145-153
 
 

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Tolerance of human approaches by Common Mynas along an urban–rural gradient 
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Ashlee McGiffin, Alan Lill, Juliey Beckman and Christopher P. Johnstone
pp. 154-160
 
 

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Chatter-call harmonics in the North Island Saddleback: do they play a role in ranging? 
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Joseph F. Azar, Ben D. Bell and K. C. Burns
pp. 161-167
 
 

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Dietary characteristics of Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in semi-arid New South Wales, Australia, and dispersal and germination of ingested seeds 
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Heath Dunstan, Singarayer K. Florentine, Maria Calviño-Cancela, Martin E. Westbrooke and Grant C. Palmer
pp. 168-176
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Effect of passage through the gut of Greater Rheas on the germination of seeds of plants of cerrado and caatinga grasslands 
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Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Mayara Correa da Silva, Tatiane Pinho Teixeira, Robert John Young, Queila Souza Garcia and Marcos Rodrigues
pp. 177-182
 
 

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Song variation among Chatham Island Warblers on two islands of the Chatham Island archipelago 
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Stewart W. Janes
pp. 183-186
 
 

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Latitudinal differences in the breeding phenology of Grey Warblers covary with the relationship to the prevalence of parasitism by Shining Bronze-Cuckoos 
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Michael G. Anderson, Brian J. Gill, James V. Briskie, Dianne H. Brunton and Mark E. Hauber
pp. 187-191
 
 

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Book reviews 
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pp. 192-194
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These articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. They are still in production and have not been edited, so may differ from the final published form.

    MU13021  Accepted 05 June 2013
    Evidence of philopatry and natal dispersal in Humboldt penguins
    Alejandro Simeone, Roberta Wallace
    Abstract


    MU13017  Accepted 05 June 2013
    A new cracticid (Passeriformes: Cracticidae) from the Early Miocene of Australia
    Jacqueline Nguyen, Trevor Worthy, Walter Boles, Suzanne Hand, Michael Archer
    Abstract


    MU12084  Accepted 05 June 2013
    Extra-pair paternity and its evolutionary consequences in the Maluridae
    Melissah Rowe, Stephen Pruett-Jones
   


    MU13019  Accepted 29 May 2013
    An extinct Austral snipe Aves: Coenocorypha from New Caledonia
    Trevor Worthy, Atholl Anderson, Christophe Sand
    Abstract


    MU13005  Accepted 27 May 2013
    Genetic analysis of the Australian whipbirds and wedgebills illuminates the evolution of their plumage and vocal diversity
    Alicia Toon, Leo Joseph, Allan Burbidge
    Abstract


    MU12062  Accepted 10 May 2013
    Nesting success and productivity of Tucuman Parrots in high-altitude forests of Argentina: do they differ from lowland Amazona parrots?
    Luis Rivera, Natalia Politi, Enrique Bucher, Anna Pidgeon
    Abstract


    MU12079  Accepted 23 April 2013
    Fairy-wrens as a model system for studying cuckoo – host coevolution
    Naomi Langmore
    Abstract


    MU13006  Accepted 12 April 2013
    Experimental evidence on the local variation in the Great Bowerbird’s colour preferences for bower decorations
    Naoko Haruyama, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Richard Noske
    Abstract


    MU13012  Accepted 10 April 2013
    Prevalence and diversity of avian haematozoa in three Australian passerine species
    Shandiya Balasubramaniam, Raoul Mulder, Paul Sunnucks, Alexandra Pavlova, J Amos, Jane Melville
    Abstract


    MU12078  Accepted 10 April 2013
    Song evolution in Maluridae: influences of natural and sexual selection on acoustic structure
    Emma Greig, J. Jordan Price, Stephen Pruett-Jones
    Abstract


    MU12066  Accepted 27 March 2013
    When subspecies matter: resident Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) distinguish the sex and subspecies of intruder birds
    Sonia Kleindorfer, Christine Evans, Milla Mihailova, Diane Colombelli-Negrel, Herbert Hoi, Matteo Griggio, Katharina Mahr, Jeremy Robertson
    Abstract


    MU12098  Accepted 25 March 2013
    Do bird species richness and community structure vary with mistletoe flowering and fruiting in Western Australia?
    Kathryn Napier, Suzanne Mather, Todd McWhorter, Patricia Fleming
    Abstract


    MU12108  Accepted 20 March 2013
    Influence of moult and location on daily movement patterns of Egyptian Geese in Southern Africa.
    Mduduzi Ndlovu, Graeme Cumming, Philip Hockey
   


    MU12075  Accepted 22 February 2013
    The conservation status of Australian malurids and their value as models to understand land management issues
    Anja Skroblin, Steve Murphy
    Abstract


    MU12083  Accepted 10 January 2013
    Seasonal male plumage as a multicomponent sexual signal: insights and opportunities
    Anne Peters, Sjouke Kingma, Kaspar Delhey
   


    MU12081  Accepted 10 January 2013
    The Maluridae: inferring avian biology and evolutionary history from DNA sequences
    Leo Joseph, Scott Edwards, Alison McLean
    Abstract


    MU12094  Accepted 29 November 2012
    Evolutionary origins and persistence of infidelity in Malurus: the least faithful birds
    Andrew Cockburn, Lyanne Brouwer, Mike Double, Nicolas Margraf, Martijn van de Pol
   


    MU12064  Accepted 20 September 2012
    Biological parameters of the Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) on Long Island, New Zealand
    Amelia Geary, Steve Corin, Nicola Nelson
    Abstract




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Rank Paper Details
1. Published 21 February 2011
The causes of decline of birds of eucalypt woodlands: advances in our knowledge over the last 10 years

Hugh A. Ford

2. Published 21 February 2011
Relative influence of habitat modification and interspecific competition on woodland bird assemblages in eastern Australia

M. Maron, A. Main, M. Bowen, A. Howes, J. Kath, C. Pillette and C. A. McAlpine

3. Published 21 February 2011
A productivity-based explanation for woodland bird declines: poorer soils yield less food

David M. Watson

4. Published 21 February 2011
Paying the extinction debt: woodland birds in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Judit K. Szabo, Peter A. Vesk, Peter W. J. Baxter and Hugh P. Possingham

5. Published 21 February 2011
Towards modelling persistence of woodland birds: the role of genetics

Paul Sunnucks

6. Published 30 November 2011
Temporal and spatial variability of breeding in Australian birds and the potential implications of climate change

Heather M. Gibbs, Lynda E. Chambers and Andrew F. Bennett

7. Published 24 August 2011
Survival in the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster)

Mark Holdsworth, Belinda Dettmann and G. Barry Baker

8. Published 21 February 2011
Dispersal behaviour of Brown Treecreepers predicts functional connectivity for several other woodland birds

Veronica A. J. Doerr, Erik D. Doerr and Micah J. Davies

9. Published 24 August 2011
Observed and predicted effects of climate on Australian seabirds

Lynda E. Chambers, Carol A. Devney, Bradley C. Congdon, Nic Dunlop, Eric J. Woehler and Peter Dann

10. Published 21 February 2011
The distribution of three nocturnal bird species across a suburban–forest gradient

M. J. Weaving, J. G. White, B. Isaac and R. Cooke

11. Published 30 November 2010
Managing the Ground Parrot in its fiery habitat in south-eastern Australia

Jack Baker, Robert J. Whelan, Lyn Evans, Stephen Moore and Melinda Norton

12. Published 30 November 2010
The impact of Pleistocene changes of climate and landscape on Australian birds: a test using the Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)

Anna M. Kearns, Leo Joseph and Lyn G. Cook

13. Published 21 August 2012
Nesting requirements of the endangered Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)

Matthew H. Webb, Mark C. Holdsworth and Janneke Webb

14. Published 27 May 2011
Changes in the avifauna of Cape York Peninsula over a period of 9 years: the relative effects of fire, vegetation type and climate

J. J. Perry, A. S. Kutt, S. T. Garnett, G. M. Crowley, E. P. Vanderduys and G. C. Perkins

15. Published 24 February 2012
Temporal variation in a savanna bird assemblage: what changes over 5 years?

A. S. Kutt, G. C. Perkins, N. Colman, E. P. Vanderduys and J. J. Perry

16. Published 23 May 2012
Relative levels of food aggression displayed by Common Mynas when foraging with other bird species in suburbia

K. M. Haythorpe, D. Sulikowski and D. Burke

17. Published 21 February 2011
Population decline of the White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) in New South Wales, Australia

Ben Jenner, Kris French, Katherine Oxenham and Richard E. Major

18. Published 30 November 2011
The foraging range of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) during winter

C. McCutcheon, P. Dann, M. Salton, L. Renwick, A. J. Hoskins, A. M. Gormley and J. P. Y. Arnould

19. Published 30 November 2010
The distribution and status of the western subspecies of the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus)

Anja Skroblin and Sarah Legge

20. Published 30 November 2011
Selection of breeding habitat by the endangered Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) at two spatial scales

James Brazill-Boast, Josephine K. Dessmann, Gareth T. O. Davies, Sarah R. Pryke and Simon C. Griffith


      
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