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Aquatic Warbler – Seggenrohrsänger DIE 120. Jahrgang • 1999 • Heft 2 VOGELWELT BEITRÄGE ZUR VOGELKUNDE Aquatic Warbler – Seggenrohrsänger World population, trends and conservation Breeding system – a review of new results Breeding habitat, abundance and conservation status in Belarus Habitat selection in Poland: consequenses for conservation of the breeding areas Population size and habitat in Hungary Herausgeber: AULA-Verlag Wiebelsheim Andreas J. Helbig Martin Flade Manuskriptrichtlinien Impressum Manuskripte: Manuskripte werden auf Diskette und mit zweifachem Ausdruck an einen der Herausgeber erbeten. Die Diskettenversion muß DOS- kompatibel sein und sollte vorzugsweise unter MS WORD oder 2/99 als ASCII-Datei gespeichert sein. Bitte vermeiden Sie jede For- 120. Jahrgang matierung und Worttrennungen. Arbeiten können in Deutsch oder Englisch abgefaßt sein und enthalten Legenden und eine Zusam- menfassung in der jeweils anderen Sprache. 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VOGELWELT 120: (1999) Inhalt Contents Originalbeiträge Original papers Editorial............................................................63 Editorial............................................................63 Vorwort .............................................................64 Preface ..............................................................64 AQUATIC WARBLER CONSERVATION TEAM: AQUATIC WARBLER CONSERVATION TEAM: Weltpopulation, Bestandsentwicklung und World population, trends and conservation Gefährdungssituation des Seggenrohrsängers status of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus Acrocephalus paludicola .................................65 paludicola .........................................................65 SCHULZE-HAGEN, K., B. LEISLER, H. M. SCHÄFER SCHULZE-HAGEN, K., B. LEISLER, H. M. SCHÄFER & V. SCHMIDT: & V. SCHMIDT: Brutbiologie des Segggenrohrsängers Acro- The breeding system of the Aquatic Warbler cephalus paludicola – Überblick über die Acrocephalus paludicola – a review of new neuesten Ergebnisse ........................................87 results ................................................................87 KOZULIN, A. & M. FLADE: KOZULIN, A. & M. FLADE: Bruthabitat, Siedlungsdichte und Gefähr- Breeding habitat, abundance and conser- dungssituation des Seggenrohrsängers Acro- vation status of the Aquatic Warbler Acro- cephalus paludicola in Belarus (Weißrußland) cephalus paludicola in Belarus ......................97 ...........................................................................97 KLOSKOWSKI, J. & J. KROGULEC: KLOSKOWSKI, J. & J. KROGULEC: Habitatwahl des Seggenrohrsängers Acro- Habitat selection of Aquatic Warbler Acro- cephalus paludicola in Polen: Folgerungen für cephalus paludicola in Poland: consequences Schutzmaßnahmen in den Brutgebieten ....113 for conservation of the breeding areas .......113 KOVÁCS, G. & Z. VÉGVÁRI: KOVÁCS, G. & Z. VÉGVÁRI: Bestand, Bestandsentwicklung und Habitat- Population size and habitat of the Aquatic wahl des Seggenrohrsängers Acrocephalus Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola in Hungary paludicola in Ungarn.....................................121 .........................................................................121 Nachrichten ....................................................127 News ................................................................127 Literaturbesprechungen................................128 Reviews ...........................................................128 Schriftenreihen, neue Periodika, New periodicals, special editions ..................132 Sonderbände...................................................132 Foto auf dem Umschlag: Seggenrohrsänger Acrocephalus paludicola Foto: A. KOZULIN. VOGELWELT 120: (1999) 10 Editorial „Ein ganzes VOGELWELT-Heft voller englischer Bei- Weißrußland, Ukraine, Ungarn u.a.) stammenden Au- träge – eine Zumutung!“ werden vielleicht einige von toren spricht deutsch. Schon deshalb wäre eine Ihnen denken. Vielleicht befällt einige Leser sogar deutschsprachige Veröffentlichung ihrer Beiträge die Befürchtung, die VOGELWELT könnte sich allmäh- weder sinnvoll noch praktikabel gewesen. Darüber lich mehr und mehr in ein englischsprachiges Fach- hinaus sind wir jedoch sicher, daß das vorliegende Heft journal verwandeln. Aber das ist nicht im geringsten gerade auch im englischsprachigen Raum und in der geplant! Wir möchten hier gar nicht die bekannten internationalen Vogelschutzszene auf größtes Interesse allgemeinen Argumente bemühen, daß Englisch heu- stoßen wird. Nicht nur BirdLife International, Wet- te die internationale Wissenschaftssprache ist und lands International, britische Förderer und Sponso- deutschsprachige Veröffentlichungen in der interna- ren osteuropäischer Forschungs- und Naturschutzpro- tionalen Szene kaum noch Beachtung finden usw. jekte (z. B. die britische Darwin Initiative) und die Im Falle dieses Seggenrohrsänger-Heftes bot sich aus- EU-Kommission haben an der hier vorgelegten Zu- nahmsweise
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