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| 21 August 2019

A global consistent positive effect of urban green area size on bird richness

Authors: Lucas M. Leveau, Adriana Ruggiero, Thomas J. Matthews and M. Isabel Bellocq
Content type: Research
| 5 August 2019

Size matters: wintering ducks stay longer and use fewer habitats on largest Chinese lakes

Authors: Fanjuan Meng, Hongbin Li, Xin Wang, Lei Fang, Xianghuang Li, Lei Cao and Anthony David Fox
Content type: Research
| 2 August 2019

Migration routes and strategies of Grey Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) on the East Atlantic Flyway as revealed by satellite tracking

Authors: Klaus-Michael Exo, Franziska Hillig and Franz Bairlein
Content type: Research
| 31 July 2019

Combined effects of habitat and interspecific interaction define co-occurrence patterns of sympatric Galliformes

Authors: Lijun Chen, Zufei Shu, Wutao Yao, Yong Ma, Wenhong Xiao and Xiaoqun Huang
Content type: Research
| 5 July 2019

Function of the uropygial gland in eiders (Somateria mollissima)

Authors: Anders Pape Møller and Karsten Laursen

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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
| 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…
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

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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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A global consistent positive effect of urban green area size on bird richness

Size matters: wintering ducks stay longer and use fewer habitats on largest Chinese lakes

Migration routes and strategies of Grey Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) on the East Atlantic Flyway as revealed by satellite tracking

Combined effects of habitat and interspecific interaction define co-occurrence patterns of sympatric Galliformes

Function of the uropygial gland in eiders (Somateria mollissima)

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

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

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

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