Person

Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Petra Sumasgutner

petra.sumasgutner@univie.ac.at

Summer term 2025

300053 SE Current topics in human-animal relationships - Discussion of new scientific results. Seminar with lecture human-animal relations

300091 VU Biologging Methods - Understanding GPS and ACC technology, applications in behavioural ecology and advanced statistical movement analysis

300136 UE Animal Personality

300137 UE Social Complexity

300152 SE Seminar for Masters in Behavioural Ecology

300253 VU Methods in Field Research - Focus: Birds and small Mammals

Winter term 2024

300112 VO Current topics in human-animal relationships - Lecture to Seminar: 300053 SE Current topics in human-animal relationships (Summerterm)

300152 SE Seminar for Masters in Behavioural Ecology

300188 UE Verhaltensökologie - Verhaltensökologische Übungen an der Konrad - Lorenz - Forschungsstelle, Grünau

Summer term 2024

300053 SE Current topics in human-animal relationships - Discussion of new scientific results. Seminar with lecture human-animal relations

300136 UE Animal Personality

300137 UE Social Complexity

300152 SE Seminar for Masters in Behavioural Ecology

300253 VU Methods in Field Research - Focus: Birds and small Mammals

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

Rodseth E, Amar A, Sumasgutner P, Ingle R. Plumage polymorphism in the black sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) is strongly associated with expression level of agouti signalling protein. Journal of Heredity. 2024 Nov 18;esae068. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esae068

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. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2024 Nov 3. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.29.620992

Shaw AK, Fouda L, Mezzini S, Kim D, Chatterjee N, Wolfson D et al. Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 2.

Nourani E, Faure L, Brønnvik H, Brønnvik M, Bassi E, Fiedler W et al. Developmental stage shapes the realized energy landscape for a flight specialist. ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD. 2024 Jul 15.

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

McPherson SC, Sumasgutner P, Hoffman BH, Padbury BDL, Brown M, Caine TP et al. Surviving the Urban Jungle: Anthropogenic Threats, Wildlife-Conflicts, and Management Recommendations for African Crowned Eagles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2021 Oct 21;9:662623. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.662623

Raptor Reseaerch Foundation : Annual Meeting 2024

Varalika Jain (Speaker), Chris McClure (Contributor), Chris Parish (Contributor), Tim Hauck (Contributor) & Petra Sumasgutner (Contributor)

23 Oct 2024 → 26 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Drone impacts on a bird flock: Rapid physiological habituation and behavioural response in greylag geese

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker), Shane C. Sumasgutner (Contributor), Mauricio Nicolas Adreani (Contributor), Josef Hemetsberger (Contributor), Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr (Contributor), Didone Frigerio (Contributor) & Sonia Kleindorfer (Speaker)

30 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Examining Area Use Patterns of Juvenile Ravens (Corvus corax) Integrating into a Free-flying Non-breeder flock

Awani Lalitkiran Bapat (Speaker), Varalika Jain (Contributor), Petra Sumasgutner (Contributor), Palmyre Boucherie (Contributor) & Thomas Bugnyar (Contributor)

29 Sept 2024 → 4 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Gewöhnung an Forschungsdrohnen: Wachsamkeit und Corticosteronspiegel in Reaktion auf unbemannte Luftfahrzeuge bei Graugänsen

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

21 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Life Track Golden Eagles

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

21 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Steinadler Symposium: LifeTrack Golden Eagle

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

21 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

German Ornithologists' Society (DO-G) Conference

Varalika Jain (Speaker), Enrico Bassi (Contributor), Wolfgang Fiedler (Contributor), Martin Grüebler (Contributor), Julia Hatzl (Contributor), David Jenny (Contributor), Andrea Roverselli (Contributor), Matthias Tschumi (Contributor), Martin Wikelski (Contributor), Kamran Safi (Contributor) & Petra Sumasgutner (Contributor)

18 Sept 2024 → 22 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Biologging Technology and Human-Wildlife Interactions

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

22 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Biologging Technology and Human-Wildlife Interactions

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

11 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Biologging Technology and Human-Wildlife Interactions

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

7 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Stubengespräch Wissenschaft im Bartlhaus z´Pettenbach

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

7 Apr 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Ö1 Vom Leben der Natur: Abschüsse und Gift

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

23 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Ö1 Vom Leben der Natur: Warum die Galapagos Sumpfohreule so wichtig ist

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

22 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Ö1 Vom Leben der Natur: In der Mongolei auf Federsuche

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

21 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Ö1 Vom Leben der Natur: Wiener Turmfalken und Feuerwehr-Einsätze

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

20 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Ö1 Vom Leben der Natur: Kindheit im Falkenparadies Hollenburg

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

19 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Greifvögel in der Stadt

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

20 Sept 2023 → 24 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Global AnthropauseRaptor Research Network (GARRN)

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

28 Aug 2023 → 29 Aug 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Drone impacts on a bird flock: Rapid physiological habituation and behavioural response in greylag geese

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker), Shane Cameron McPherson (Contributor), Mauricio Nicolas Adreani (Contributor), Josef Hemetsberger (Contributor), Didone Frigerio (Contributor) & Sonia Kleindorfer (Contributor)

21 Aug 2023 → 26 Aug 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Raptors in a changing world

Petra Sumasgutner (Invited speaker)

21 Aug 2023 → 26 Aug 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Global Anthropause Raptor Research Network: How raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology

Petra Sumasgutner (Keynote speaker), Ralph Buij (Contributor), Christopher J.W. McClure (Contributor), Cheryl R. Dykstra (Contributor) & Christian Rutz (Contributor)

20 Jan 2022 → 22 Jan 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker)

9 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology

Petra Sumasgutner (Speaker), Ralph Buij (Contributor), Christopher J.W. McClure (Contributor), Cheryl R. Dykstra (Contributor) & Christian Rutz (Contributor)

8 Oct 2021 → 12 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

How common ravens (Corvus corax) exploit anthropogenic food source through space and time in a semi-transformed alpine environment

Varalika Jain (Speaker), Petra Sumasgutner (Contributor), Thomas Bugnyar (Contributor), Matthias-Claudio Loretto (Contributor) & Susan J. Cunningham (Contributor)

9 Aug 2021 → 13 Aug 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science