Wildfowl Special Issue No 2

• Contents  
• Editorial 
• Are dabbling ducks major players or merely noise in freshwater ecosystems? A European perspective, with references to population limitation and density dependence Johan Elmberg
• Measuring within-winter movement rates of Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula and Common Pochard A. ferina based on ring re-encounter data Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, Josef Hofer, Annette Sauter & Lukas Jenni 
• Trends in the numbers of Coot Fulica atra and wildfowl Anatidae wintering in France, and their relationship with hunting activity at wetland sites Carol Fouque, Matthieu Guillemain & Vincent Schricke 
• The Goosander Mergus merganser population breeding in the Alps and its connections to the rest of Europe Verena Keller 
• Wintering ducks in the Czech Republic: changes in their population trends and distribution Zuzana Musilová, Petr Musil, Simona Poláková & Roman Fuchs 
• An assessment of the importance of the Dombes region, France, for wintering wildfowl Jean-Yves Fournier, Carol Fouque & Pierre Defos du Rau 
• Habitat use and home range size of autumn staging radio-marked Teal Anas crecca at Ulvshale-Nyord, Denmark Thomas Bregnballe, Uffe D. Andersen, Preben Clausen, Per A. Kjær & Anthony D. Fox 
• Escape distances from human pedestrians by staging waterbirds in a Danish wetland Thomas Bregnballe, Kim Aaen & Anthony D. Fox 
• An experimental study of numerical and behavioural responses of spring staging dabbling ducks to human pedestrian disturbance Thomas Bregnballe, Charlotte Speich, Anders Horsten & Anthony D. Fox 
• Responses of autumn staging waterbirds to wetland restoration and water levels in a Danish river delta Thomas Bregnballe, Ole Amstrup & Mogens Bak 
• Kleptoparasitism as an important feeding strategy for migrating Wigeon Anas penelope Thomas Eske Holm & Preben Clausen 
• Intestinal response to prolonged fasting and subsequent feeding in Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Sylvie Geiger, Christel Wagner, Jean-Hervé Lignot, Yvon Le Maho & Jean-Patrice Robin  
• Long-term changes in duck inter-specific nest parasitism in South Bohemia, Czech Republic Petr Musil & Šárka Neužilová 
• Consequences of massive bird releases for hunting purposes: Mallard Anas platyrhynchos in the Camargue, southern France Jocelyn Champagnon, Matthieu Guillemain, Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Jean-Dominique Lebreton & Johan Elmberg 
• Recent trends in the number of hunters and the harvest of wildfowl in the Camargue, France: preliminary results Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Anthony Olivier & Aubin Le Bihan 
• Spatial and temporal analysis of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 outbreak in the Dombes area, France, in 2006 Delphine Doctrinal, Sandrine Ruette, Jean Hars, Marc Artois & Dominique J. Bicout 
• Avian influenza surveillance: on the usability of FTA® cards to solve biosafety and transport issues Robert H.S. Kraus, Pim van Hooft, Jonas Waldenström, Neus Latorre-Margalef, Ronald C. Ydenberg & Herbert H.T. Prins