Published: 2014-11-27

Front Matter

Contents and editorial

Anonymous Anonymous

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Standard Papers

Island differentiation of New Zealand’s extinct mergansers (Anatidae: Mergini), with description of a new species from Chatham Island

Murray Williams, Alan J.D. Tennyson, Dalice Sim

3–34

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Patterns of waterbird diversity in central western Madagascar: where are the priority sites for conservation?

H. Glyn Young, R. P. Young, F. Razafindrajao, Abdallah Iahia Bin Aboudou, J. E. Fa

35–53

Movements and survival of Lesser Snow Geese Chen caerulescens caerulescens wintering in two habitats along the Gulf Coast, Louisiana

Jón Einar Jónsson, Morten Frederiksen, Alan D. Afton

54–74

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Assessment of spatial changes in the duck harvest within the Central Flyway, 1997–2011

Matthew T. Haugen, Larkin A. Powell, Mark V. Vrtiska

75-90

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Extension of Goosander Mergus merganser distribution into the Carpathian Mountain range

Łukasz Kajtoch, Rafał Bobrek

91–101

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Within and between year phenology of calling Spotted Crakes Porzana porzana in Denmark

Anthony D. Fox, Jørgen P. Kjeldsen, Mark Desholm, Palle A.F. Rasmussen, Thorsten J.S. Balsby, Henning Heldbjerg

102–115

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Short Communications

The status of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca breeding and wintering in China

Xumao Zhao, Roller MaMing

116–125

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Sex-specific dive characteristics in a sexually size dimorphic duck

Sylvia K. Osterrieder, Michael A. Weston, Randall W. Robinson, Patrick J. Guay

126–131

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Back Matter

Instructions for Authors

Anonymous Anonymous

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Fifth International Swan Symposium

Delineation of Tundra Swan Cygnus c. columbianus populations in North America: geographic boundaries and interchange

Craig R. Ely, William J.L. Sladen, Heather M. Wilson, Susan E. Savage, Kristine M. Sowl, Bill Henry, Mike Schwitters, James Snowdon

132–147

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Aspects of the breeding biology of Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii nesting in high densities in the Chaun River delta, Chukotka, east Russia

Diana Solovyeva, Sergey Vartanyan

148–166

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Awareness and opinions of Maryland citizens toward Chesapeake Bay Mute Swans Cygnus olor and management alternatives

Larry J. Hindman, Robert L. Tjaden

167–185

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Spraying corn oil on Mute Swan Cygnus olor eggs to prevent hatching

Larry J. Hindman, William F. Harvey, IV, Linda E. Conley

186–196

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Long-term trends in the number of Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus breeding and wintering in Sweden

Leif Nilsson

197–206

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Breeding Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus in the Baltic states, 1973–2013: result of a 207 re-colonisation

Dmitrijs Boiko, Hakon Kamp-Persson, Julius MorkÅ­nas

207–216

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Breeding biology of the Black Swan Cygnus atratus in southeast Queensland, Australia

Jonathan Coleman

217–230

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