Journal of Avian Biology (JAB) is an international, society-owned journal for scientists engaged in all aspects of avian biology. The primary goal of the journal is to publish high-quality papers relevant to the central theme of avian biology and to foster communication among researchers in many disciplines with a common interest in the biology of birds.

JAB is an outlet for bird-related research from all parts of the globe. It focuses on work that is of general interest: for example, because the findings advance a specific field, or because they are intrinsically of wide interest to the global community of scientists working with birds. Research published in JAB can be theoretical or empirical, and there is an emphasis on studies that test hypotheses in ecology, evolution and behaviour. The journal does not publish purely descriptive papers unless they contain important information that results in novel questions and/or opens up new areas for investigation.

Research areas include but are not limited to: ageing, behaviour, biogeography, communication, conservation, diseases, distribution, ecology, evolution, genetics, growth, immunology, migration, morphology, parasitology, physiology, population studies, speciation and reproduction.

 
EDITORIAL BOARD
 
 
 
 
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
 
 
Jan-Åke Nilsson
Lund University, Sweden
 
 
 
Thomas Alerstam
Lund University, Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MANAGING EDITOR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johan Nilsson
Ecology building
SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
 
jab@oikosoffice.lu.se
 
 
SUBJECT EDITORS
Ulf Bauchinger, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Staffan Bensch, Lund University, Sweden
Christiaan Both, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Paulo Catry, ISPA Instituto Universitário, Lisabon, Portugal
Jan Engler. Ghent University, Belgium 
Simon Griffith, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
Wesley M. Hochachka, Cornell University, USA
Toni Laaksonen, University of Turku, Finland
Fumin Lei, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Paul McDonald, University of New England, Australia
Judith Morales Fernaz, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Spain
Julio M. Neto, University of Porto, Portugal and Lund University, Sweden
Javier Pérez-Tris, University of Madrid, Spain
Martin Päckert, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany
Suvi Ruuskanen, University of Turku, Finland
Alexandre Roulin, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Anders P. Tøttrup, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Judy Shamoun- Baranes, University of Amsterdam
David Swanson, University of South Dakota
Jan van Gils, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, Netherlands
Simon Verhulst, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Yutaka Watanuki, Hokkaido University, Japan
Henri Weimerskirch, CNRS, France
Ron C. Ydenberg, Simon Fraser University, USA