Personal profile
Overview
I am a global change ecologist interested in understanding how individuals respond to environmental change and how these responses scale up to influence populations and communities.
Research
I have worked on a variety of study systems, but my work primarily focuses on birds and plants in a range of ecosystems including boreal, temperate and tropical forests and tallgrass prairies. I typically combine both behavioural and population ecology and use a variety of techniques to develop a mechanistic understanding of the responses of widlife to global change.
My work currently investigates:
- Winter ecology
- Food caching behaviour
- How behaviour shapes functional characteristics of the microbiome
- Interactive effects of land use and climate on prairie plant population dynamics
- Population dynamics of boreal breeding songbirds
Keywords
- QL Zoology
- behavioural ecology
- QH301 Biology
- population ecology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Bridging the gap: improving methodologies for future avian microbiome research
Davies, C. S., Capilla‐Lasheras, P., Catelan‐Carphio, E., Castro, A. C., Diez‐Méndez, D., Drobniak, S. M., Drzewińska‐Chańko, J., Kohl, K. D., Martínez‐Renau, E., Ramellini, S., Richardson, D. S., Ruuskanen, S., Sutton, A. O., Szulkin, M., Troisi, C. A., White, J., Worsley, S. F., Bodawatta, K. H. & Videvall, E., 2 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Avian Biology. 2026, 2, e03594.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Earth Hologenome Initiative: Data Release 1
Gaun, N., Pietroni, C., Martin-Bideguren, G., Lauritsen, J., Aizpurua, O., Fernandes, J. M., Ferreira, E., Aubret, F., Sarraude, T., Perry, C., Wauters, L., Romeo, C., Spada, M., Tranquillo, C., Sutton, A. O., Griesser, M., Warrington, M. H., Pérez I de Lanuza, G., Abalos, J. & Aguilar, P. & 21 others, , 5 Sept 2025, In: GigaScience. 14, giaf102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A global initiative for ecological and evolutionary hologenomics
Leonard, A., Earth Hologenome Initiative Consortium, Sutton, A. & Alberdi, A., 1 Jul 2024, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 39, 7, p. 616-620Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fecal DNA metabarcoding helps characterize the Canada jay’s diet and confirms its reliance on stored food for winter survival and breeding
Sutton, A., Strickland, D., Lachapelle, J., Young, R., Hanner, R., Brunton, D., Skevington, J., Freeman, N. & Norris, R., 24 Apr 2024, In: PLoS ONE.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High among-species variability in the context dependence of herbivory across disturbance, weather and topoedaphic gradients
Sutton, A., Ratajczak, Z. & Louthan, A., 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 10, p. 2237-2248Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cache 22: The fate of synergistic species interactions in a time of global change
Sutton, A. (PI)
1/12/24 → 15/12/26
Project: Research
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You are what you do: how behaviour shapes composition and functional potential of the microbiome
Sutton, A. (PI)
9/01/23 → 30/04/23
Project: Research