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Emu
Volume 112 Number 2 2012

 
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Feeling the heat: Australian landbirds and climate change 
Andrew E. McKechnie, Philip A. R. Hockey and Blair O. Wolf
pp. i-vii
 
 


 
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
pp. 83-89
 
 


 
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
pp. 90-96
 
  
 


 
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
pp. 97-106
 
  
 


 
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
pp. 107-116
 
  
 


 
Changes in bird assemblages during succession following disturbance in secondary wet forests in south-eastern Australia 
Merrilyn Serong and Alan Lill
pp. 117-128
 
  
 


 
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
pp. 129-136
 
  
 


 
Temporal variation in the abundance of two species of thrushes in relation to fruiting phenology in the Atlantic rainforest 
Everaldo Rodrigo de Castro, Marina Corrêa Côrtes, Luis Navarro, Mauro Galetti and Leonor Patrícia C. Morellato
pp. 137-148
 
  
 


 
What do declining woodland birds eat? A synthesis of dietary records 
Emma Razeng and David M. Watson
pp. 149-156
 
  
 


 
Time of breeding and female condition affect chick-growth in the Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni) 
Marcela Liljesthröm, Adrián Schiavini and Juan C. Reboreda
pp. 157-161
 
  
 


 
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
pp. 162-166
 
  
 


 
Variation in the size of eggs of Chubut Steamer Ducks (Tachyeres leucocephalus) 
Walter S. Svagelj, María Laura Agüero and Pablo García Borboroglu
pp. 167-172
 
  
 


 
Clarification of the nomenclatural status of a recently introduced genus-group name for some honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) 
Leo Joseph and Árpád S. Nyári
pp. 173-173
 
  
 


 
A recently established Kelp Gull colony in a freshwater environment supported by an inland refuse dump in Patagonia 
Martín G. Frixione, Ricardo Casaux, Cecilia Villanueva and Pablo A. E. Alarcón
pp. 174-178
 
  
 


 
Book review 
pp. 179-180
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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
    
    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
    
    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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2. Published 24 August 2011
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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
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6. Published 21 February 2011
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7. Published 22 April 2002
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8. 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

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

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

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

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12. Published 30 November 2011
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14. Published 26 May 2010
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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

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

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18. Published 7 December 2007
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Heather Gibbs

19. Published 21 February 2011
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Veronica A. J. Doerr, Erik D. Doerr and Micah J. Davies

20. Published 29 September 2004
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Colin M. Miskelly and Graeme A. Taylor

21. Published 30 November 2011
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22. Published 10 March 2009
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23. Published 27 May 2011
Status and habitat of the Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) in the Northern Territory

Justin Perry, Alaric Fisher and Carol Palmer

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

Ken Chan

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

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

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

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

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

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30. Published 27 May 2011
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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)

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

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

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

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

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37. Published 1 September 1963
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38. Published 24 February 2010
Altered timing of avian movements in a peri-urban environment and its relationship to climate

Lynda E. Chambers

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

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

WK Martin

41. 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

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

Lynda E. Chambers

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

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44. 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

45. 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

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

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

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

S Marchant and PJ Fullagar

49. Published 1 December 1991
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P Dann

50. Published 24 February 2012
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51. 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

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

Mathew L. Berg and Andrew T. D. Bennett

53. Published 21 December 2005
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Kim R. McConkey and Ben D. Bell

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

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

Yuri Zharikov and David A. Milton

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

Barbara Tschirren and Erik Postma

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

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59. Published 30 November 2011
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60. Published 9 July 2001
The Ecology of the Common Myna in Urban Nature Reserves in the Australian Capital Territory

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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

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

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

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

Mark J. Antos and Andrew F. Bennett

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

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67. 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

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

Mark J. Carey

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

D. M. Watson

70. Published 2 July 2002
Activity budgets of waterfowl (Anatidae) on a waste-stabilisation pond

A. J. Hamilton, I. R. Taylor and G. Hepworth

71. Published 26 May 2010
Satellite telemetry and seasonal movements of Magpie Geese (Anseranas semipalmata) in tropical northern Australia

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72. 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

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

GR Friend

74. 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

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

Les Christidis and Janette A. Norman

76. 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

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

Mark J. Carey

78. 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

79. Published 30 November 2010
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Richard Seaton, Edward O. Minot and John D. Holland


      
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