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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

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The peer-reviewed and edited version of record published online before inclusion in an issue.


 
Published online 14 May 2012
Changes in bird assemblages during succession following disturbance in secondary wet forests in south-eastern Australia 
Merrilyn Serong and Alan Lill
 
  


 
Published online 14 May 2012
Time of breeding and female condition affect chick-growth in the Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni) 
Marcela Liljesthröm, Adrián Schiavini and Juan C. Reboreda
 
  


 
Published online 14 May 2012
Variation in the size of eggs of Chubut Steamer Ducks (Tachyeres leucocephalus) 
Walter S. Svagelj, María Laura Agüero and Pablo García Borboroglu
 
  


 
Published online 14 May 2012
Clarification of the nomenclatural status of a recently introduced genus-group name for some honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) 
Leo Joseph and Árpád S. Nyári
 
  


 
Published online 14 May 2012
Habitat selection by the Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) at multiple spatial scales in the central Monte Desert, Argentina 
Mariela V. Lacoretz, M. Cecilia Sagario and Víctor R. Cueto
 
  


 
Published online 23 April 2012
The breeding cycle, year-round distribution and activity patterns of the endangered Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) 
Matt J. Rayner, Graeme A. Taylor, Helen D. Gummer, Richard A. Phillips, Paul M. Sagar, Scott A. Shaffer and David R. Thompson
 
  


 
Published online 23 April 2012
How many of Australia’s ground-nesting birds are likely to be at risk from the invasive Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)? 
Christa Beckmann and Richard Shine
 


 
Published online 23 April 2012
Sexual differences in the foraging behaviour of Magellanic Penguins related to stage of breeding 
Andrea Raya Rey, Klemens Pütz, Gabriela Scioscia, Benno Lüthi and Adrián Schiavini
 
  


 
Published online 23 April 2012
Artificial nests enhance the breeding productivity of African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) on Robben Island, South Africa 
Richard B. Sherley, Barbara J. Barham, Peter J. Barham, T. Mario Leshoro and Les G. Underhill
 
  



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Volume 112 Number 1 2012

 
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Hybridisation and the future of austral ornithology 
Katherine L. Buchanan and James O’Connor
pp. i-ii
 
 


 
No evidence for synchrony of physiological or behavioural preparations for migration in a short-distance migratory parrot 
B. D. Gartrell and S. M. Jones
pp. 1-8
 
  
 


 
The role of toxic pitohuis in mixed-species flocks of lowland forest in Papua New Guinea 
Eben Goodale, Uromi Goodale and Ralph Mana
pp. 9-16
 
  
 


 
Patterns of partial avian migration in northern and southern temperate latitudes of the New World 
Alex E. Jahn, Susana P. Bravo, Víctor R. Cueto, Douglas J. Levey and Marvin V. Morales
pp. 17-22
 
  
 


 
A phabine pigeon (Aves : Columbidae) from Oligo-Miocene Australia 
Trevor H. Worthy
pp. 23-31
 
  
 


 
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
pp. 32-38
 
  
 


 
Habitat influences on nest-site selection by the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta): do food resources matter? 
Laurence P. Barea
pp. 39-45
 
  
 


 
Agricultural land-use, avian nesting and rarity in the Pampas of central Argentina 
Mariano Codesido, Carlos González-Fischer and David Bilenca
pp. 46-54
 
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Dense canopy cover over House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) nests increases latency of brood parasitism by Shiny Cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) 
Vanina D. Fiorini, Diego T. Tuero and Juan C. Reboreda
pp. 55-59
 
  
 


 
Olfactory sensitivity in Kea and Kaka 
Anna C. Gsell, Julie C. Hagelin and Dianne H. Brunton
pp. 60-66
 
  
 


 
Effects of group size, habitat and hunting risk on vigilance and foraging behaviour in the Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) 
Fernando R. Barri, Nicolás Roldán, Joaquín L. Navarro and Mónica B. Martella
pp. 67-70
 
  
 


 
Variation in the alarm calls of Southern House Wrens (Troglodytes musculus) 
Gustavo J. Fernández, M. Gabriela Corral and Mariana E. Carro
pp. 71-75
 
  
 


 
Corrigendum to: The abundance and distribution of two species of fairy-wren in suburban and natural habitats 
Ross A. Crates, Kristine French and Christopher M. McLean
pp. 76-76
 
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D. L. Serventy Medal 2010: Citation – David Lindenmayer 
Bruce Lindenmayer and Alison Russell-French
pp. 77-77
 
 


 
D. L. Serventy Medal 2011: Citation – David Cleland Paton AM 
Jack Baker
pp. 78-78
 
 


 
Book Reviews 
pp. 79-80
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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.

    The composition of mixed-species bird flocks in northern Australian savannas
    Eric Vanderduys, Alexander Sulev Kutt, Justin Perry, Genevieve Perkins
   Abstract   MU11041  Accepted 15 April 2012
    
    Can artificial nest cavities be used as a management tool to assist the control of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)?
    Susan Campbell, Christopher Powell, Robert Parr, Ken Rose, Gary Martin, Andrew Woolnough
   Abstract   MU11050  Accepted 11 April 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
    
    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
    
    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
    
    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
    
    Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia: a system of beaches used by Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) working as a trophic unit.
    Luciana Raquel Musmeci, María de los Ángeles Hernández, Luis Oscar Bala, José Alejandro Scolaro
   Abstract   MU10079  Accepted 16 June 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

Hugh A. Ford

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

Mark Holdsworth, Belinda Dettmann and G. Barry Baker

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

P. K. Dyer, P. O'Neill and K. Hulsman

6. 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

7. 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

8. Published 22 April 2002
Australian research on bird pests: impact, management and future directions

Mary Bomford and Ron Sinclair

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

Paul Sunnucks

10. 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

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

David M. Watson

12. 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

13. 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

14. Published 24 February 2012
No evidence for synchrony of physiological or behavioural preparations for migration in a short-distance migratory parrot

B. D. Gartrell and S. M. Jones

15. 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

16. 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

Árpád S. Nyári and Leo Joseph

17. Published 29 September 2004
Establishment of a colony of Common Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides urinatrix) by chick transfers and acoustic attraction

Colin M. Miskelly and Graeme A. Taylor

18. 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

19. Published 30 November 2011
The abundance and distribution of two species of fairy-wren in suburban and natural habitats

Ross A. Crates, Kristine French and Christopher M. McLean

20. Published 10 March 2009
Nesting, foraging and aggression of Noisy Miners relative to road edges in an extensive Queensland forest

Martine Maron

21. Published 27 May 2011
Status and habitat of the Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) in the Northern Territory

Justin Perry, Alaric Fisher and Carol Palmer

22. Published 17 December 2001
Partial migration in Australian landbirds: a review

Ken Chan

23. Published 7 December 2007
Climatic variation and breeding in the Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen): a case study using existing data

Heather Gibbs

24. 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

25. Published 27 May 2011
Effects of human disturbance on productivity of White-bellied Sea-Eagles (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Terry E. Dennis, Rebecca R. McIntosh and Peter D. Shaughnessy

26. Published 30 November 2011
Breeding ecology of an Australian estrildid, the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Erica P. van Rooij and Simon C. Griffith

27. Published 24 August 2011
Breeding of the Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) in New Zealand

Colin F. J. O'Donnell

28. Published 26 May 2010
Seasonal population dynamics of the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) in urban environments

Andrew C. M. Smith and Ursula Munro

29. Published 27 May 2011
Phylogeography and taxonomy of the Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) in Australia

Leo Joseph, Tanya Zeriga, Gregory J. Adcock and Naomi E. Langmore

30. Published 27 May 2011
Nesting success and breeding ecology in a high-density population of Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)

Birgit Ziesemann, Dianne H. Brunton and Isabel C. Castro

31. Published 24 August 2011
Using an age-structured population model to define management requirements for conservation of egrets in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

Anthony D. Arthur

32. 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

33. Published 1 September 1986
Foraging of Birds in Eucalypt Woodland in North-eastern New South Wales

HA Ford, S Noske and L Bridges

34. Published 26 May 2010
Breeding success of Northern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean

J. W. Wilson, M.-H. Burle, R. Cuthbert, R. L. Stirnemann and P. G. Ryan

35. Published 30 November 2011
Breeding biology and life-history traits of an Australasian tropical granivore, the Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)

Olga Milenkaya, Sarah Legge and Jeffrey R. Walters

36. Published 30 November 2011
Fruitful use of bioacoustic alarm stimuli as a deterrent for Crimson Rosellas (Platycercus elegans)

Raoul F. H. Ribot, Mathew L. Berg, Katherine L. Buchanan and Andrew T. D. Bennett

37. Published 24 February 2010
Altered timing of avian movements in a peri-urban environment and its relationship to climate

Lynda E. Chambers

38. 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

39. Published 1 September 1996
The Current and Potential Distribution of the Common Myna Acridotheres tristis in Australia

WK Martin

40. 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

Richard E. Major and Holly Parsons

41. Published 13 March 2008
Trends in timing of migration of south-western Australian birds and their relationship to climate

Lynda E. Chambers

42. Published 1 September 1963
The Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae Stephens.

W.R. Wheeler and I. Watson

43. Published 7 September 2007
Home-range of the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) in dry sclerophyll forest

Todd Soderquist and Dale Gibbons

44. Published 21 February 2011
Spatial ecology of Sooty Owls in south-eastern Australian coastal forests: implications for forest management and reserve design

Rohan J. Bilney, John G. White, Felicity A. L'Hotellier and Raylene Cooke

45. Published 20 June 2008
Importance of eucalypts in exploitation of urban parks by Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets

Justine Smith and Alan Lill

46. Published 2 September 2008
The Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) in northern Western Australia: a recent sighting from the Pilbara region

Robert A. Davis and Brenden M. Metcalf

47. Published 24 February 2010
The evolution of plumage colouration in parrots: a review

Mathew L. Berg and Andrew T. D. Bennett

48. Published 24 February 2012
Habitat influences on nest-site selection by the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta): do food resources matter?

Laurence P. Barea

49. Published 1 June 1979
Use of habitat and diurnal activity of Pacific Black Duck, Chestnut Teal and Grey Teal at Serendip, Victoria

FI Norman, LW Thomson and JG Hamilton

50. Published 1 December 1991
Distribution, Population Trends and Factors Influencing the Population Size of Little Penguins Eudyptula minor on Phillip Island, Victoria

P Dann

51. Published 21 December 2005
Activity and habitat use of waders are influenced by tide, time and weather

Kim R. McConkey and Ben D. Bell

52. Published 10 June 2009
Valuing coastal habitats: predicting high-tide roosts of non-breeding migratory shorebirds from landscape composition

Yuri Zharikov and David A. Milton

53. Published 24 August 2011
Interruptions in nectar availability: responses of White-bellied Sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) and Brown Honeyeaters (Lichmera indistincta)

Angela Köhler, Luke Verburgt, Patricia A. Fleming, Todd J. McWhorter and Susan W. Nicolson

54. Published 30 November 2011
The diet of the South American Tern: the Argentine Anchovy as key prey in the non-breeding season

Rocío Mariano-Jelicich, María P. Silva Rodriguez, Sofía Copello, Juan P. Seco Pon, María P. Berón, Laura Mauco, Mariela I. Ghys and Marco Favero

55. Published 1 June 1977
Indiscriminate interspecific aggression leading to almost sole occupancy of space by a single species of bird

DD Dow

56. Published 10 October 2003
Changes in the breeding biology of the Welcome Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) in New Zealand since colonisation

Karl L. Evans, Claire Tyler, Tim M. Blackburn and Richard P. Duncan

57. Published 1 June 1983
Nest records of the Welcome Swallow

S Marchant and PJ Fullagar

58. Published 18 August 2010
Quantitative genetics research in Zebra Finches: where we are and where to go

Barbara Tschirren and Erik Postma

59. 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

Jesse R. Conklin and Phil F. Battley

60. Published 9 July 2001
The Ecology of the Common Myna in Urban Nature Reserves in the Australian Capital Territory

A.S. Pell and C.R. Tidemann

61. Published 17 December 2003
The breeding biology of Hooded Plovers, Thinornis rubricollis, on Phillip Island, Victoria

Bob Baird and Peter Dann

62. Published 24 February 2012
Olfactory sensitivity in Kea and Kaka

Anna C. Gsell, Julie C. Hagelin and Dianne H. Brunton

63. Published 8 September 2009
Stealing rates in the Great Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis): effects of the spatial arrangement of males and availability of decorations

Natalie R. Doerr

64. Published 13 March 2008
Winter habitat use by the endangered, migratory Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) in New South Wales

Debra L. Saunders and Robert Heinsohn

65. Published 30 November 2010
Red Knots (Calidris canutus piersmai and C. c. rogersi) depend on a small threatened staging area in Bohai Bay, China

Danny I. Rogers, Hong-Yan Yang, Chris J. Hassell, Adrian N. Boyle, Ken G. Rogers, Bing Chen, Zheng-Wang Zhang and Theunis Piersma

66. Published 10 March 2006
Foraging ecology of ground-feeding woodland birds in temperate woodlands of southern Australia

Mark J. Antos and Andrew F. Bennett

67. Published 27 May 2011
Systematics of the reed-warblers of the Tuamotu Archipelago, eastern Polynesia

Alice Cibois, Jean-Claude Thibault, Philippe Raust and Eric Pasquet

68. Published 27 May 2011
High prevalence of blood parasites in social birds from a neotropical savanna in Brazil

Alan Fecchio, Marcos Robalinho Lima, Patrícia Silveira, Érika Martins Braga and Miguel Ângelo Marini

69. Published 24 August 2011
Intergenerational transfer of plastic debris by Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Mark J. Carey

70. Published 30 November 2010
Breeding ecology of the Chestnut-crowned Babbler: a cooperative breeder in the desert

A. F. Russell, D. J. Portelli, D. J. F. Russell and H. Barclay

71. Published 30 November 2010
Nest-site selection of New Zealand Falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae) in plantation forests and the implications of this to forestry management

Richard Seaton, Edward O. Minot and John D. Holland

72. Published 27 May 2011
Incubation routine, duration of foraging trips and regulation of body mass in Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Mark J. Carey

73. Published 1 April 1982
Bird populations in exotic pine plantations and indigenous Eucalypt forests in Gippsland, Victoria

GR Friend

74. Published 7 September 2007
The effect of bill structure on seed selection and handling ability of five species of granivorous birds

Shernice Soobramoney and Mike R. Perrin

75. Published 24 February 2010
Evolution of the Australasian songbird fauna

Les Christidis and Janette A. Norman

76. Published 26 August 2002
Effects of mistletoe on diversity: a case-study from southern New South Wales

D. M. Watson

77. Published 23 June 2004
The Australo-Papuan bird migration system: another consequence of Wallace's Line

Hugh Dingle

78. Published 13 March 2008
Population size, breeding success and provenance of a mainland colony of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

David Priddel, Nicholas Carlile and Robert Wheeler

79. Published 10 June 2009
The importance of eastern China for shorebirds during the non-breeding season

Lei Cao, Shan Tang, Xin Wang and Mark Barter


      
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