Publications

Reports

Amur Bird Project Report 2018

Amur Bird Project Report 2017

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) 

Bozó L, Heim W, Anisimov Y, Csörgő T (submitted) Can we detect loop migration patterns among Siberian Passerines by comparing morphological differences

Heim W, Heim RJ, Beermann I, Burkovskiy OA, Gerasimov Y, Ktitorov P, Ozaki K, Panov I, Sander MM, Sjöberg S, Smirenski SM, Thomas A, Tottrup A, Tyunov IM, Willemoes M, Hölzel N, Thorup K, Kamp J (submitted) Using geolocator tracking data and ringing archives to validate citizen-science based seasonal predictions of songbird distribution in a data-poor region.

Weissensteiner MH, Bunikis I, Francoijs KJ, Catalán A, Knief U, Heim W, Peona V, Pophaly SD, Sedlazeck FJ, Suh A, Warmuth VM, Wolf JBW (submitted) The population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus.

Heim RJ, Heim W, Darman G, Heinken T, Smirenski SM, Hölzel N (submitted) Litter removal through fire – a key process for wetland vegetation dynamics.

Meissner B, Heim W, Jentzsch M (submitted) Incidence of Louse Flies in Birds from the Russian Far East (Diptera, Hippoboscidae).

Bozó L, Csörgő T, Heim W (submitted) Differences in stopover duration and body mass change of two Siberian songbird species at a refuelling site in the Russian Far East.

Heim A*, Richter R*, Heim W, Kamp J, Vohland M (2020) Combining multiband remote sensing and hierarchical distance sampling to establish drivers of bird abundance. Remote Sensing 12(38) doi:10.3390/rs12010038

Frommhold M, Heim A, Barabanov M, Maier F, Mühle RU, Smirenski SM, Heim W (2019) Breeding habitat and nest site selection by an obligatory “nest-cleptoparasite”, the Amur Falcon Falco amurensis. Ecology and Evolution 00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5878

Sander MM, Heim W, Schmaljohann H (2019) Seasonal and diurnal increases in energy stores in migratory warblers at an autumn stopover site along the Asian-Australasian flyway. Journal of Ornithology 161(1): 73-87 DOI:10.1007/s10336-019-01701-7

Bozó L, Heim W, Trense D, Fetting P, Eilts HJ, Wobker J, Csörgő T (2019) Migration timing of Pallas’s Grasshopper-warbler Locustella certhiola and Lanceolated Warbler L. lanceolata at a stopover site in the Russian Far East. Ornithological Science 18(2): 177-181

De Jong A, Torniainen J, Bourski OV, Heim W, Edenius L (2019) Tracing the origin of vagrant Siberian songbirds with stable isotopes: the case of Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) in Fennoscandia. Ornis Fennica 96: 90-99

Heim RJ, Hölzel N, Heinken T, Kamp J, Thomas A, Darban GF, Smirenski SM, Heim W (2019) Post-burn and long-term fire effects on plants and birds in floodplain wetlands in the Russian Far East. Biodiversity and Conservation 28(6): 1611-1628

Heim W, Trense D, Heim A, Kamp J, Smirenski SM, Wink M, Wulf T (2019) Discovery of a new breeding population of the Vulnerable Swinhoe’s Rail Coturnicops exquisitus confirmed by genetic analysis. Bird Conservation International 29(3): 454-462

Bozó L, Csörgő T, Heim W (2018) Weather conditions affect spring and autumn migration of Siberian leaf warblers. Avian Research 9:33

Bozó L, Heim W, Csörgő T (2018) Habitat use of Siberian warbler species at a stopover site in Far East Russia. Ringing & Migration 33(1): 31-35

Heim W, Pedersen L, Heim RJ, Kamp J, Smirenski SM, Thomas A, Tottrup A, Thorup K (2018) Full annual cycle tracking of a small songbird, the Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope, along the East Asian flyway. Journal of Ornithology 159(4): 893-899

Heim W, Eccard JA, Bairlein F (2018) Migration phenology determines niche use of East Asian buntings (Emberizidae) during stopover. Current Zoology 64(6): 681-692

Sander MM, Eccard JA, Heim W (2017) Flight range estimation of migrant Yellow-browed Warblers Phylloscopus inornatus on the East Asian Flyway. Bird Study 64(4): 569-572

Heim W, Trense D, Sokolova GV, Kitagawa T (2017) Increased Populations of Endangered Cranes After Amur River Flood. Waterbirds 40(3): 282-288

Heim W, Smirenski SM (2017) 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 33: 77-83

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 27(1):35-44

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

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

Anisimova VI, Anisimov YA, Bastardot M, Heim W (2019) First observation of Swinhoe´s Rail Coturnicops exquisitus in the delta of Selenga river. Baikal Zoological Journal 2(25): 112-113 [in Russian]

Kapitonova LV, Dugintsov VA, Averin AA, Zhu B, Antonov AI, Heim W (2018) Azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) in the Amur and Jewish Autonomous Regions. Regional problems 21(2): 22-32 [in Russian]

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

Bozó L, Heim W, Csörgö T (2017) Trapping and ringing Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus at the Muraviovka Park, Amur region, Far East Russia. BirdingASIA 28: 67-70

Dugintsov VA, Antonov AI, Babykina MS, Heim W (2017) On the revival of the breeding population of Eurasian Coot in Amur region. Amurian Zoological Journal 9(3)

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

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

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

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

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

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