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	Time of breeding and female condition affect chick growth in the Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni)
	Marcela Liljesthrom, Adrian Schiavini, Juan Reboreda
	Abstract MU11047 Accepted 06 February 2012

	A recent Kelp Gull colony in a freshwater environment supported by an inland garbage dump in Patagonia
	Martín Guillermo Frixione, Ricardo Casaux, Cecilia Villanueva, Juan Pablo Alarcón
	Abstract MU11031 Accepted 03 February 2012

	Bird-assemblage changes during succession following disturbance in secondary wet forests in south-eastern Australia
	Merrilyn Serong, Alan Lill
	Abstract MU11057 Accepted 03 February 2012

	Habitat selection by the Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) at multiple spatial scales in the central Monte desert, Argentina
	Mariela Verónica Lacoretz, María Cecilia Sagario, Victor Cueto
	Abstract MU11067 Accepted 25 January 2012

	Temporal matching of fruit abundance by a thrush species in the Atlantic Rainforest
	Everaldo Rodrigo Castro, Marina Côrtes, Luis Navarro, Mauro Galetti, L. Patrícia Morellato
	Abstract MU11023 Accepted 30 December 2011

	Song dialect discrimination in relation to song similarity and geographical distance in a rainforest passerine.
	Anna Koetz-Trowse, David Westcott, Bradley Congdon
	Abstract MU11056 Accepted 19 December 2011

	Breeding cycle, year-round distribution and activity patterns of the endangered Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris)
	Matthew Rayner, Graeme Taylor, Helen Gummer, Richard Phillips, Paul Sagar, Scott Shaffer, David Thompson
	Abstract MU11066 Accepted 19 December 2011

	Relative levels of food aggression displayed by Common Mynas when foraging with other bird species in suburbia
	Kathryn Haythorpe, Danielle Sulikowski, Darren Burke
	Abstract MU11046 Accepted 13 December 2011

	Sources of egg-size variation in Chubut Steamer Ducks (Tachyeres leucocephalus)
	Walter Svagelj, María Laura Agüero, Pablo García Borboroglu
	Abstract MU11068 Accepted 05 December 2011

	Artificial nests enhance the breeding productivity of African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) on Robben Island, South Africa
	Richard Sherley, Barbara Barham, Peter Barham, Mario Leshoro, Les Underhill
	Abstract MU11055 Accepted 28 November 2011

	Species-distinctiveness in the vocal behaviour of six sympatric bulbuls (genus Pycnonotus) in Southeast Asia
	Somboon Kamtaeja, Narit Sitasuwan, Siriwadee Chomdej, Araya Jatisatienr, Daniel Mennill
	Abstract MU11044 Accepted 28 November 2011

	Breeding-stage related sex differences in the foraging behaviour of Magellanic Penguins
	Andrea Raya Rey, Klemens Pütz, Gabriela Scioscia, Benno Lüthi, Adrian Schiavini
	Abstract MU11065 Accepted 23 November 2011

	Habitat influences on nest site selection of the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta): do food resources matter?
	Laurence Barea
	Abstract MU10082 Accepted 08 November 2011

	A phabine pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Oligo-Miocene Australia
	Trevor Worthy
	Abstract MU11061 Accepted 08 November 2011

	Variation in alarm calls of Southern House Wrens Troglodytes musculus
	Gustavo J. Fernández, M. Gabriela Corral, Mariana Emilia Carro
	Abstract MU11033 Accepted 31 October 2011

	Nesting requirements of the endangered Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
	Matthew Webb, Mark Holdsworth, Janneke Webb
	Abstract MU11014 Accepted 31 October 2011

	Temporal variation in a savanna bird assemblage: what changes over five years?
	Alexander Sulev Kutt, Genevieve Perkins, Nick Colman, Eric Vanderduys, Justin Perry
	Abstract MU11054 Accepted 31 October 2011

	Olfactory sensitivity in Kea and Kaka
	Anna Clarisssa Gsell, Julie Hagelin, Dianne Brunton
	Abstract MU11052 Accepted 31 October 2011

	Agricultural land use, avian nesting and rarity in the Pampas of central Argentina
	Mariano Codesido, Carlos María González-Fischer, David Norberto Bilenca
	Abstract MU11049 Accepted 28 October 2011

	High cover of House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) nests increases latency of brood parasitism by Shiny Cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis)
	Vanina Fiorini, Diego Tuero, Juan Reboreda
	Abstract MU11038 Accepted 19 September 2011

	Effects of group size, habitat type, and hunting risk on vigilance and feeding behaviour in the Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata pennata)
	Fernando Barri, Nicolás Roldán, Joaquin Navarro, Mónica Beatriz Martella
	Abstract MU10090 Accepted 31 August 2011

	How many of Australia's ground-nesting birds are likely to be at risk from the invasive cane toad Rhinella marina?
	Christa Beckmann, Richard Shine
	Abstract MU11028 Accepted 25 July 2011


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1.	Published 21 February 2011 The causes of decline of birds of eucalypt woodlands: advances in our knowledge over the last 10 years Emu 111(1) Hugh A. Ford
2.	Published 21 February 2011 A productivity-based explanation for woodland bird declines: poorer soils yield less food Emu 111(1) David M. Watson
3.	Published 21 February 2011 Relative influence of habitat modification and interspecific competition on woodland bird assemblages in eastern Australia Emu 111(1) M. Maron, A. Main, M. Bowen, A. Howes, J. Kath, C. Pillette and C. A. McAlpine
4.	Published 12 October 2005 *Breeding numbers and population trends of Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) and Black Noddy (Anous minutus) in the Capricornia Cays, southern Great Barrier Reef* Emu 105(3) P. K. Dyer, P. O'Neill and K. Hulsman
5.	Published 21 February 2011 Paying the extinction debt: woodland birds in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia Emu 111(1) Judit K. Szabo, Peter A. Vesk, Peter W. J. Baxter and Hugh P. Possingham
6.	Published 21 February 2011 Towards modelling persistence of woodland birds: the role of genetics Emu 111(1) Paul Sunnucks
7.	Published 30 November 2011 Temporal and spatial variability of breeding in Australian birds and the potential implications of climate change Emu 111(4) Heather M. Gibbs, Lynda E. Chambers and Andrew F. Bennett
8.	Published 21 February 2011 Dispersal behaviour of Brown Treecreepers predicts functional connectivity for several other woodland birds Emu 111(1) Veronica A. J. Doerr, Erik D. Doerr and Micah J. Davies
9.	Published 21 February 2011 The distribution of three nocturnal bird species across a suburban–forest gradient Emu 111(1) M. J. Weaving, J. G. White, B. Isaac and R. Cooke
10.	Published 24 August 2011 *Survival in the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster)* Emu 111(3) Mark Holdsworth, Belinda Dettmann and G. Barry Baker
11.	Published 24 August 2011 Observed and predicted effects of climate on Australian seabirds Emu 111(3) Lynda E. Chambers, Carol A. Devney, Bradley C. Congdon, Nic Dunlop, Eric J. Woehler and Peter Dann
12.	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 Emu 111(2) J. J. Perry, A. S. Kutt, S. T. Garnett, G. M. Crowley, E. P. Vanderduys and G. C. Perkins
13.	Published 21 February 2011 *Population decline of the White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) in New South Wales, Australia* Emu 111(1) Ben Jenner, Kris French, Katherine Oxenham and Richard E. Major
14.	Published 21 February 2011 Spatial ecology of Sooty Owls in south-eastern Australian coastal forests: implications for forest management and reserve design Emu 111(1) Rohan J. Bilney, John G. White, Felicity A. L'Hotellier and Raylene Cooke
15.	Published 22 April 2002 Australian research on bird pests: impact, management and future directions Emu 102(1) Mary Bomford and Ron Sinclair
16.	Published 29 September 2004 Establishment of a colony of Common Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix) by chick transfers and acoustic attraction Emu 104(3) Colin M. Miskelly and Graeme A. Taylor
17.	Published 30 November 2011 *The foraging range of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) during winter* Emu 111(4) C. McCutcheon, P. Dann, M. Salton, L. Renwick, A. J. Hoskins, A. M. Gormley and J. P. Y. Arnould
18.	Published 24 August 2011 *Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus* improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan bird communities** Emu 111(3) Árpád S. Nyári and Leo Joseph
19.	Published 27 May 2011 *Status and habitat of the Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) in the Northern Territory* Emu 111(2) Justin Perry, Alaric Fisher and Carol Palmer
20.	Published 30 November 2010 *The impact of Pleistocene changes of climate and landscape on Australian birds: a test using the Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)* Emu 110(4) Anna M. Kearns, Leo Joseph and Lyn G. Cook
21.	Published 27 May 2011 *Effects of human disturbance on productivity of White-bellied Sea-Eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster)* Emu 111(2) Terry E. Dennis, Rebecca R. McIntosh and Peter D. Shaughnessy
22.	Published 27 May 2011 *Phylogeography and taxonomy of the Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) in Australia* Emu 111(2) Leo Joseph, Tanya Zeriga, Gregory J. Adcock and Naomi E. Langmore
23.	Published 30 November 2010 *The distribution and status of the western subspecies of the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus)* Emu 110(4) Anja Skroblin and Sarah Legge
24.	Published 24 August 2011 *Breeding of the Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) in New Zealand* Emu 111(3) Colin F. J. O'Donnell
25.	Published 30 November 2011 *Selection of breeding habitat by the endangered Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) at two spatial scales* Emu 111(4) James Brazill-Boast, Josephine K. Dessmann, Gareth T. O. Davies, Sarah R. Pryke and Simon C. Griffith
26.	Published 30 November 2011 *Breeding ecology of an Australian estrildid, the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)* Emu 111(4) Erica P. van Rooij and Simon C. Griffith
27.	Published 30 November 2010 *Red Knots (Calidris canutus piersmai* and C. c. rogersi) depend on a small threatened staging area in Bohai Bay, China** Emu 110(4) Danny I. Rogers, Hong-Yan Yang, Chris J. Hassell, Adrian N. Boyle, Ken G. Rogers, Bing Chen, Zheng-Wang Zhang and Theunis Piersma
28.	Published 24 August 2011 Using an age-structured population model to define management requirements for conservation of egrets in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia Emu 111(3) Anthony D. Arthur
29.	Published 10 March 2009 Nesting, foraging and aggression of Noisy Miners relative to road edges in an extensive Queensland forest Emu 109(1) Martine Maron
30.	Published 27 May 2011 *Nesting success and breeding ecology in a high-density population of Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)* Emu 111(2) Birgit Ziesemann, Dianne H. Brunton and Isabel C. Castro
31.	Published 30 November 2010 Managing the Ground Parrot in its fiery habitat in south-eastern Australia Emu 110(4) Jack Baker, Robert J. Whelan, Lyn Evans, Stephen Moore and Melinda Norton
32.	Published 24 February 2010 What do museum specimens tell us about the impact of urbanisation? A comparison of the recent and historical bird communities of Sydney Emu 110(1) Richard E. Major and Holly Parsons
33.	Published 24 February 2010 The evolution of plumage colouration in parrots: a review Emu 110(1) Mathew L. Berg and Andrew T. D. Bennett
34.	Published 30 November 2011 The abundance and distribution of two species of fairy-wren in suburban and natural habitats Emu 111(4) Ross A. Crates, Kristine French and Christopher M. McLean
35.	Published 30 November 2010 Breeding ecology of the Chestnut-crowned Babbler: a cooperative breeder in the desert Emu 110(4) A. F. Russell, D. J. Portelli, D. J. F. Russell and H. Barclay
36.	Published 30 November 2010 Parrot interrelationships – morphology and the new molecular phylogenies Emu 110(4) Gerald Mayr
37.	Published 30 November 2011 *Fruitful use of bioacoustic alarm stimuli as a deterrent for Crimson Rosellas (Platycercus elegans)* Emu 111(4) Raoul F. H. Ribot, Mathew L. Berg, Katherine L. Buchanan and Andrew T. D. Bennett
38.	Published 20 June 2008 Importance of eucalypts in exploitation of urban parks by Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets Emu 108(2) Justine Smith and Alan Lill
39.	Published 17 December 2001 Partial migration in Australian landbirds: a review Emu 101(4) Ken Chan
40.	Published 30 November 2010 *Attacks on humans by Australian Magpies (Cracticus tibicen): territoriality, brood-defence or testosterone?* Emu 110(4) Rowena M. Warne, Darryl N. Jones and Lee B. Astheimer
41.	Published 30 November 2011 *Breeding biology and life-history traits of an Australasian tropical granivore, the Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)* Emu 111(4) Olga Milenkaya, Sarah Legge and Jeffrey R. Walters
42.	Published 18 August 2010 The Zebra Finch genome and avian genomics in the wild Emu 110(3) Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Scott V. Edwards and David F. Clayton
43.	Published 8 September 2009 *Stealing rates in the Great Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis): effects of the spatial arrangement of males and availability of decorations* Emu 109(3) Natalie R. Doerr
44.	Published 26 May 2010 *Breeding success of Northern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean* Emu 110(2) J. W. Wilson, M.-H. Burle, R. Cuthbert, R. L. Stirnemann and P. G. Ryan
45.	Published 24 August 2011 *Interruptions in nectar availability: responses of White-bellied Sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) and Brown Honeyeaters (Lichmera indistincta)* Emu 111(3) Angela Köhler, Luke Verburgt, Patricia A. Fleming, Todd J. McWhorter and Susan W. Nicolson
46.	Published 1 September 1986 Foraging of Birds in Eucalypt Woodland in North-eastern New South Wales Emu 86(3) HA Ford, S Noske and L Bridges
47.	Published 18 August 2010 The neurobiology of Zebra Finch song: insights from gene expression studies Emu 110(3) Sarah E. London and David F. Clayton
48.	Published 27 May 2011 Systematics of the reed-warblers of the Tuamotu Archipelago, eastern Polynesia Emu 111(2) Alice Cibois, Jean-Claude Thibault, Philippe Raust and Eric Pasquet
49.	Published 1 April 1982 Bird populations in exotic pine plantations and indigenous Eucalypt forests in Gippsland, Victoria Emu 82(2) GR Friend
50.	Published 23 June 2004 The Australo-Papuan bird migration system: another consequence of Wallace's Line Emu 104(2) Hugh Dingle
51.	Published 27 May 2011 *Incubation routine, duration of foraging trips and regulation of body mass in Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)* Emu 111(2) Mark J. Carey
52.	Published 24 August 2011 *Intergenerational transfer of plastic debris by Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)* Emu 111(3) Mark J. Carey
53.	Published 2 September 2008 *The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) in northern Western Australia: a recent sighting from the Pilbara region* Emu 108(3) Robert A. Davis and Brenden M. Metcalf
54.	Published 10 June 2009 Valuing coastal habitats: predicting high-tide roosts of non-breeding migratory shorebirds from landscape composition Emu 109(2) Yuri Zharikov and David A. Milton
55.	Published 26 May 2010 *Seasonal population dynamics of the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) in urban environments* Emu 110(2) Andrew C. M. Smith and Ursula Munro
56.	Published 27 May 2011 High prevalence of blood parasites in social birds from a neotropical savanna in Brazil Emu 111(2) Alan Fecchio, Marcos Robalinho Lima, Patrícia Silveira, Érika Martins Braga and Miguel Ângelo Marini
57.	Published 7 September 2007 The effect of bill structure on seed selection and handling ability of five species of granivorous birds Emu 107(3) Shernice Soobramoney and Mike R. Perrin
58.	Published 1 December 1991 *Distribution, Population Trends and Factors Influencing the Population Size of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor* on Phillip Island, Victoria** Emu 91(5) P Dann
59.	Published 21 December 2005 Activity and habitat use of waders are influenced by tide, time and weather Emu 105(4) Kim R. McConkey and Ben D. Bell
60.	Published 30 November 2010 *A taxonomic framework for interpreting evolution within the Amytornis textilis–modestus* complex of grasswrens** Emu 110(4) Andrew B. Black, Leo Joseph, Lynn P. Pedler and Graham A. Carpenter
61.	Published 13 March 2008 *Population size, breeding success and provenance of a mainland colony of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)* Emu 108(1) David Priddel, Nicholas Carlile and Robert Wheeler
62.	Published 10 June 2009 Does the presence of grevilleas and eucalypts in urban gardens influence the distribution and foraging ecology of Noisy Miners? Emu 109(2) Lisa C. Ashley, Richard E. Major and Charlotte E. Taylor
63.	Published 9 December 2008 *The vegetation requirements of Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) in non-urban edge and urbanised habitats* Emu 108(4) Holly Parsons, Kristine French and Richard E. Major
64.	Published 8 September 2009 *Do male Great Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis) minimise the costs of acquiring bower decorations by reusing decorations acquired in previous breeding seasons?* Emu 109(3) Natalie R. Doerr
65.	Published 24 February 2010 Evolution of the Australasian songbird fauna Emu 110(1) Les Christidis and Janette A. Norman
66.	Published 18 August 2010 Maternal effects in the Zebra Finch: a model mother reviewed Emu 110(3) Simon C. Griffith and Katherine L. Buchanan
67.	Published 30 November 2011 The diet of the South American Tern: the Argentine Anchovy as key prey in the non-breeding season Emu 111(4) Rocío Mariano-Jelicich, María P. Silva Rodriguez, Sofía Copello, Juan P. Seco Pon, María P. Berón, Laura Mauco, Mariela I. Ghys and Marco Favero
68.	Published 30 November 2011 *Contour-feather moult of Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica baueri) in New Zealand and the northern hemisphere reveals multiple strategies by sex and breeding region* Emu 111(4) Jesse R. Conklin and Phil F. Battley
69.	Published 4 October 2001 Pied Currawongs and the decline of native birds Emu 101(3) Karen L. Bayly and Daniel T. Blumstein
70.	Published 22 April 2002 Albatrosses and petrels in Australia: a review of their conservation and management Emu 102(1) G. Barry Baker, Rosemary Gales, Sheryl Hamilton and Victoria Wilkinson
71.	Published 17 December 2003 The breeding biology of Hooded Plovers, Thinornis rubricollis, on Phillip Island, Victoria Emu 103(4) Bob Baird and Peter Dann
72.	Published 7 December 2007 *Foraging behaviour of the Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) in relation to vigilance and group size* Emu 107(4) Philip Newey
73.	Published 30 November 2010 *Nest-site selection of New Zealand Falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae) in plantation forests and the implications of this to forestry management* Emu 110(4) Richard Seaton, Edward O. Minot and John D. Holland
74.	Published 18 August 2010 Quantitative genetics research in Zebra Finches: where we are and where to go Emu 110(3) Barbara Tschirren and Erik Postma
75.	Published 18 August 2010 The functional role and female perception of male song in Zebra Finches Emu 110(3) Mark E. Hauber, Dana L. M. Campbell and Sarah M. N. Woolley
76.	Published 24 August 2011 Seasonality of breeding, moult and fat deposition of birds in subtropical lowlands of southern Brazil Emu 111(3) Márcio Repenning and Carla Suertegaray Fontana