Carrard T, Nourani E, Jansing L, Zimmermann T, Sumasgutner P, Tschumi M et al. Golden eagles regularly use gravity waves to soar in the Alps: new insights from high-resolution weather data. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2025 Jun;22(227):20240891. Epub 2025 Jun 4. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.29.620992, 10.1098/rsif.2024.0891

Rodseth E, Amar A, Sumasgutner P, Ingle R. Plumage polymorphism in the black sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) is strongly associated with the expression level of agouti signaling protein. Journal of Heredity. 2025 May 1;116(3):193-207. esae068. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esae068

Nhlapo KB, Cunningham SJ, Sumasgutner P, Ganswindt A, McKechnie AE, Ngcamphalala CA. High human presence is correlated with lower faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in an urban bird population. Hormones and Behavior. 2025 Apr;170:105724. Epub 2025 Mar 18. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105724

Hochleitner L, Korpimaki E, Chakarov N, Isaksson C, Nebel C, Renner S et al. Diet diversity, individual heterozygosity and habitat heterogeneity influence health parameters in Eurasian Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). Ibis. 2025 Jan;167(1):145-160. Epub 2024 Jul 17. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13345

Nourani E, Faure L, Brønnvik H, Scacco M, Bassi E, Fiedler W et al. Developmental stage shapes the realized energy landscape for a flight specialist. eLife. 2024 Sept 11;13. doi: 10.7554/eLife.98818.2

Rodseth E, Sumasgutner P, Tate G, Nilsson JF, Watson H, Maritz MF et al. Pleiotropic effects of melanin pigmentation: haemoparasite infection intensity but not telomere length is associated with plumage morph in black sparrowhawks. Royal Society Open Science. 2024 Apr 3;11(4):230370. doi: 10.1098/rsos.230370

Sumasgutner P, Nilles T, Hykollari A, Chapa MMD, Isaksson C, Hochleitner L et al. Integument colouration and circulating carotenoids in relation to urbanisation in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). The Science of Nature. 2023 Sept 22;(110):48. doi: 10.1007/s00114-023-01874-5

Headland T, Colombelli-Négrel D, Callaghan CT, Sumasgutner SC, Kleindorfer S, Sumasgutner P. Smaller Australian raptors have greater urban tolerance. Scientific Reports. 2023 Jul 18;13:11559. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38493-z

Nebel C, Haring E, Murgatroyd M, Sumasgutner SC, Gombobaatar S, Sumasgutner P et al. Genetic Analysis of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) from the Mongol-Altai: A Hotspot of Diversity and Implications for Global Phylogeography. Journal of Raptor Research. 2023 May 25;57(3):359-374. doi: 10.3356/JRR-22-57

Frigerio D, Hemetsberger F, Sumasgutner P, Kotrschal K, Kleindorfer S, Hemetsberger J. How Warming Temperatures Affect Breeding Behavior in Graylag Geese. Frontiers for Young Minds. 2023 Apr 17;11(922688). doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.922688

Sumasgutner P, Cunningham SJ, Hegemann A, Amar A, Watson H, Nilsson JF et al. Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective. Global Change Biology. 2023 Mar 13;29(9):2399-2420. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16645

Nwaogu CJ, Amar A, Nebel C, Isaksson C, Hegemann A, Sumasgutner P. Innate immune function and antioxidant capacity of nestlings of an African raptor covary with the level of urbanisation around breeding territories. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2023 Jan;92(1):124-141. Epub 2022 Nov 9. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13837

McClure CJW, Vargas FH, Amar A, Concepcion CB, MacColl C, Sumasgutner P. Conservation Letter: Monitoring Raptor Populations – A Call for Increased Global Collaboration and Survey Standardization. The Journal of Raptor Research. 2022 Dec 19;57(1):106-113. doi: 10.3356/JRR-22-68

Stofberg M, Amar A, Sumasgutner P, Cunningham SJ. Staying cool and eating junk: Influence of heat dissipation and anthropogenic food on foraging and body condition in an urban passerine. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2022 Oct;226:104465. Epub 2022 May. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104465

Jain V, Bugnyar T, Cunningham SJ, Gallego-Abenza M, Loretto MC, Sumasgutner P. The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps. Movement Ecology. 2022 Aug 25;10(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s40462-022-00335-4

Common LK, Sumasgutner P, Sumasgutner SC, Colombelli-Négrel D, Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S. Temporal and spatial variation in sex-specific abundance of the avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi). Parasitology Research. 2022 Jan;121(1):63-74. Epub 2021 Nov 20. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07350-1

Kleindorfer S, Common LK, Sumasgutner P. Nesting success and nesting height in the critically endangered Medium Tree Finch (Camarhynchus pauper). Birds. 2021 Dec 4;2(4):427-444. doi: 10.3390/birds2040032

Catto S, Sumasgutner P, Amar A, Thomson RL, Cunningham SJ. Pulses of anthropogenic food availability appear to benefit parents, but compromise nestling growth in urban red-winged starlings. Oecologia. 2021 Nov 18;197(3):565-576. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-05033-3

McClure CJW, Anderson DL, Buij R, Dunn L, Henderson MT, McCabe J et al. Commentary: The Past, Present, and Future of the Global Raptor Impact Network. Journal of Raptor Research. 2021 Nov 9;55(4):605-618. doi: 10.3356/JRR-21-13