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| 2 April 2018

Bird functional traits affect seed dispersal patterns of China’s endangered trees across different disturbed habitats

Authors: Ning Li, Zheng Wang, Xinhai Li and Zhaohui Li
Content type: Research
| 28 March 2018

Russet Sparrows spot alien chicks from their nests

Authors: Juan Huo, Canchao Yang, Tongping Su, Wei Liang and Anders Pape Møller
Content type: Research
| 19 March 2018

Seasonal change in sexual differences in nestling size and survival: a framework to evaluate sex-dependent environmental sensitivity in the wild

Authors: Daisuke Nomi, Teru Yuta and Itsuro Koizumi
Content type: Research
| 19 March 2018

Comparison of head size and bite force in two sister species of parrotbills

Authors: Xiaodong Rao, Canchao Yang, Laikun Ma, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Liang and Anders Pape Møller
Content type: Review
| 16 March 2018

Birds of the Kangchenjunga Landscape, the Eastern Himalaya: status, threats and implications for conservation

Authors: Pratikshya Kandel, Ishana Thapa, Nakul Chettri, Rebecca Pradhan and Eklabya Sharma

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Content type: Review
| 1 April 2015

Why cuckoos should parasitize parrotbills by laying eggs randomly rather than laying eggs matching the egg appearance of parrotbill hosts?

Authors: Canchao Yang, Fugo Takasu, Wei Liang and Anders P Møller
Content type: Research
| 1 May 2015

Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China

Authors: Per Alström, Canwei Xia, Pamela C Rasmussen, Urban Olsson, Bo Dai, Jian Zhao, Paul J Leader, Geoff J Carey, Lu Dong, Tianlong Cai, Paul I Holt, Hung Le Manh, Gang Song, Yang Liu, Yanyun Zhang and Fumin Lei
Content type: Research
| 20 January 2016

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

Authors: Per Alström, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Chao Zhao, Jingzi Xu, Shashank Dalvi, Tianlong Cai, Yuyan Guan, Ruiying Zhang, Mikhail V. Kalyakin, Fumin Lei and Urban Olsson
Content type: Research
| 23 September 2014

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

Authors: Mengsi Wu, Yuchao Xiao, Fang Yang, Limeng Zhou, Weihong Zheng and Jinsong Liu
Content type: Research
| 11 July 2015

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

Authors: Qingquan Bai, Jianzhong Chen, Zhihong Chen, Guotai Dong, Jiangtian Dong, Wenxiao Dong, Vivian Wing Kan Fu, Yongxiang Han, Gang Lu, Jing Li, Yang Liu, Zhi Lin, Derong Meng, Jonathan Martinez, Guanghui Ni, Kai Shan…

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Avian Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality research and review articles on all aspects of ornithology from all over the world. It aims to report the latest and most significant progress in ornithology and to encourage exchange of ideas among international ornithologists. As an open access journal, Avian Research provides a unique opportunity to publish high quality contents that will be internationally accessible to any reader at no cost.

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Avian Research is supported by the China Ornithological Society and the Beijing Forestry University.

The publication costs for Avian Research are covered by Beijing Forestry University, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge for each article accepted for publication.

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Avian Research was previously published under the name Chinese Birds, Volumes 1-4 of the journal can be found here.

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Bird functional traits affect seed dispersal patterns of China’s endangered trees across different disturbed habitats

Russet Sparrows spot alien chicks from their nests

Seasonal change in sexual differences in nestling size and survival: a framework to evaluate sex-dependent environmental sensitivity in the wild

Comparison of head size and bite force in two sister species of parrotbills

Birds of the Kangchenjunga Landscape, the Eastern Himalaya: status, threats and implications for conservation

Why cuckoos should parasitize parrotbills by laying eggs randomly rather than laying eggs matching the egg appearance of parrotbill hosts?

Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China

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

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

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

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