Nuthatch fecundity improves with mountain pine beetle outbreak

Food pulses during the breeding season can reduce competition for food and increase fecundity. But, for cavity-nesting birds that excavate new nest cavities, a reproductive cost associated with excavation, may limit the reproductive response to food pulses.

Editor´s Choice - Parent-environmental interactions shape acoustic signatures in tree swallows: a cross-fostering experiment

It has previously been found that the acoustic signature of begging calls is similar between nestlings from the same brood. Even though this similarity seems adaptive in colonial species where nestlings might mix, it might also be important for parental recognition...

New Subject Editor - Darren Irwin

A warm welcome to our new subject editor - Darren Irwin!

Darren Irwin is based at University of British Columbia and his research is focused around how new species evolve and how the geographical variation within species is produced. His innovative...

Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines

Migrating birds give seeds the opportunity of a lifetime: a journey they will never forget! But what’s the best way to hitchhike? In the comfort of the gut or feeling the wind on your seed coat? Find out more...

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Editor´s choice - Montane birds are declining in northern Europe

There is cause for concern about the alpine and arctic bird species breeding in climate-sensitive mountainous regions. A collaborative analysis of data from systematic monitoring schemes covering the Fennoscandian mountains in northern Europe demonstrates that...