The official publication of the German Society for Ornithology (DO-G) has been published by Blackwell Science since 1998. This German and English language journal on ornithology and avifauna, founded in 1853, publishes peer-reviewed original articles, reviews, short communications, letters to the editor, and society news. It is indexed by the most important international abstracting services including Current Contents. Fields of Interest: Scientific Ornithology, in particular Ecology, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Taxonomy, Biology of Breeding and Ethology of Birds.