Publications

Reports

Amur Bird Project Report 2016

Amur Bird Project Report 2015

Amur Bird Project Report 2014

Amur Bird Project Report 2011-2013

Muraviovka Park Bird Checklist 2016

Publications

International (peer-reviewed)

Heim RJ, Hölzel N, Heim W (submitted) Distinct influence of a fire on plant and bird species diversity in the wetlands of the Amur River in Far East Russia

Heim W, Eccard JA, Bairlein F (in revision) Niche use of East Asian buntings Emberizidae at a stop-over site.

Heim W, Trense D, Heim A, Smirenski SM, Wink M, Wulf T (in revision) Discovery of an unknown breeding population of the Vulnerable Swinhoe´s Rail Coturnicops exquisitus in the Amur region based on observations and genetic analyses

Heim W, Smirenski SM (accepted) The importance of Muraviovka Park/Far East Russia for endangered bird species on regional, national and international scale based on observations from 2011-2016. Forktail

Sander MM, Eccard JA, Heim W (2017) Flight range estimation of migrant Yellow-browed Warblers Phylloscopus inornatus on the East Asian Flyway. Bird Study

Heim W, Trense D, Sokolova GV, Kitagawa T (2017) Human-induced changes of the Amur River water regime strongly affect endangered crane populations. Waterbirds 40(3): 282-288

Tritsch C, Martens J, Sun YH, Heim W, Strutzenberger P, Päckert M (2017) Improved sampling at the subspecies level solves a taxonomic dilemma - a case study of two enigmatic Chinese tit species (Aves, Passeriformes, Paridae, Poecile). Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution 107: 538-550

Edenius L, Choi CY, Heim W, Jaakkonen T, de Jong A, Ozaki K, Roberge JM (2017) The next common and widespread bunting to go? Global population decline in the Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Bird Conservation International

Bozó L, Heim W (2016) Sex-specific migration of Phylloscopus warblers at a stopover site in Far Eastern Russia. Ringing & Migration 31(1): 41–46

Fetting P, Thorn S, Päckert M, Heim W (2016) First record of Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus in Russia suggests a significant range extension of a species formerly endemic to China. Forktail 32: 88-90

Kamp J, Oppel S, Ananin AA, Durnev YA, Gashev SN, Hölzel N, Mishchenko AL, Pessa J, Smirenski SM, Strelnikov EG, Timonen S, Wolanska K, Chan S (2015) Global population collapse in a superabundant migratory bird and illegal trapping in China. Conservation Biology 29: 1684-1694

Heim W, Smirenski SM, Siegmund A & Eidam F (2012): Results of an autumnal bird ringing project at Muraviovka Park/Amur region in 2011. Avian Ecol. Behav. 21: 27-40

Other publications


Heim W (2017) Population declines in eastern Palaearctic passerines. Vogelwelt 137: 181–183

Wulf T, Heim W, Thomas A (2017) Mysterious calls from the swamp: the song of the Vulnerable Swinhoe’s Rail Coturnicops exquisitus. BirdingASIA 27: 49-53

Heim W, Thomas A, Wulf T (2016) Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus and Chinese Paradise Flycatcher Tersiphone paradise incei at Muraviovka Park, Far East Russia: First records for the Amur region. Amurian Zoological Journal 8(3): 217-222

Bozó L, Heim W, Harnos A, Csörgö T (2016) Can we explain vagrancy in Europe with the autumn migration phenology of Siberian warbler species in East Russia ? Ornis Hungarica 24(1): 150–171

Heim W (2016) A survey of breeding waterbird communities on lakes and other waterbodies on the middle reaches of the Amur River valley near Blagoveshensk, Amur province, Far East Russia. BirdingASIA 25: 98–103

Sander MM, Heim W (2016) Maximale Flugdistanzen des Gelbbrauen-Laubsängers Phylloscopus inornatus an einem Zwischenrastplatz in Fernost-Russland. Vogelwarte 54(4): 394–395

Suanjak M, Heim W (2016) Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus numbers on the increase at Muraviovka Park, Far East Russia. BirdingASIA 25: 44–46

Thomas A, Heim W (2016) Die Weidenammer verschwindet – Welche Gefahren drohen im Brutgebiet? Vogelwarte 54(4): 350–351

Wulf T, Heim W (2016) Entdeckung des Gesangs der Mandschurenralle Coturnicops exquisitus und Vorkommen im Muraviovka Park (Fern-Ost-Russland). Vogelwarte 54(4): 412

Bozó L, Heim W (2015) Trapping and Ringing Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes, Muraviovka Park, Amur region, Far East Russia. BirdingAsia 23: 118-120

Donath S, Heim W (2015) Wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst? Untersuchungen zu protandrischem Zugverhalten an einem Zwischenrastplatz in Fernost-Russland. Vogelwarte 54(4): 386

Heim W (2015) Das Amur Bird Project: Vogelzugforschung und Umweltbildung in Fern Ost Russland. Vogelwarte 53(4): 395-396

Heim W, Eidam F, Smirenski SM (2015) Breeding records of Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus at the northern limit of their Asian range. BirdingAsia 23: 60-62

Schröder JE, Meffert P, Heim W (2015) Zugphänologie und Rastökologie des Rubinkehlchens Luscinia calliope in Fernost Russland. Vogelwarte 53(4): 400-402

Heim W, Siegmund A, Thorn S (2013) Zug- und Brutvogelforschung mit Umweltbildung im Muraviovka Park, Ost-Russland. Vogelwarte 51(2): 141

Heim W, Smirenski SM (2013) The Amur Bird Project at Muraviovka Park in Far-eastern Russia. BirdingAsia 19: 31-33

Heim W, Smirenski SM (2013) Seltene Vogelarten am Mittellauf des Amur - erste Ergebnisse aus drei Jahren Monitoring im fern-östlichen Russland. Vogelwarte 51(4): 304

Heim W, Wolanska K, Siegmund A, Schuster U (2013) Possible breeding of Baer´s Poachard Aythya baeri at Muraviovka Park, Far East Russia. BirdingAsia 20: 64-66