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Empirical and theoretical research in ornithology

Published by The Nordic Society Oikos

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JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
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Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2023: 5/29 (Ornithology)
Editors-in-Chief: Jan-Åke Nilsson, Staffan Bensch

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Blog

Overcoming technological constraints in the tracking of small, elusive birds

Michi
10 June 2025

Read the short blogpost and watch the video by Pedro Saez Gomez about how to use a GPS/VHF tag with a soluble backpack harness to track small, elusive birds.

Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non-migratory populations

Michi
5 June 2025

Read about the mechanisms in dark-eyed juncos that match timing of migration and reproduction to the seasonal appearance of resources where breeding will occur.

Welcome Paul Dufour - new subject editor

Michi
4 June 2025

Welcome to our new subject editor: Paul Dufour! Paul is an expert on the evolutionary ecology of migration with special focus on vagrancy.

Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows

Michi
6 May 2025

Read the blogpost by Victoria Simons about how insect traffic rates and weather conditions affect provisioning rates of an aerial insectivore.

Investigating Natural Variation in Physiological Indicators Across a Forest Bird Community

Michi
25 March 2025

Read the blogpost by Finja Strehmann about what intrinsic factors influence H/L ratios across a bird community.

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Interested in highlighting a research topic and gaining editorial experience by guest editing a special issue for Journal of Avian Biology? Learn more.

 

Not sure whether you are covered by an Open Access deal or eligible for a waiver?

Click here for a list of OA agreements. A list of countries covered by the research4life partnership can be found here. Information about JAB internal waivers for authors from middle-income countries who are not covered by any agreement or research4life can be found here.

Journal of Avian Biology

Journal of Avian Biology is an international, society-owned journal for scientists engaged in all aspects of avian biology. The primary goal of the journal is to publish high-quality papers relevant to the central theme of avian biology and to foster communication among researchers in many disciplines with a common interest in the biology of birds.

Journal of Avian Biology is available from Wiley Online Library.

Nordic Society Oikos

Journal of Avian Biology is published by the Nordic Society Oikos. Nordic Society Oikos also publishes the following titles: Ecography, Oikos, Nordic Journal of Botany and Wildlife Biology.

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