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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Susan Cunningham

Nomes de citação

  • Cunningham, Susan J

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
0C11-199F-39C9
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9934-2585

Telefones

Telefone
  • (27) 0216503306 (Profissional)
Telemóvel
  • (27) 0768946865 (Pessoal)

Moradas

  • FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, Western Cape, África do Sul (Profissional)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2006/06 - 2011/05
Concluído
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Especialização em Ecology
Massey University, Nova Zelândia
"Tactile senses and foraging in birds, with emphasis on kiwi." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2015/01/01 - Atual Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) University of Cape Town, África do Sul
University of Cape Town Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, África do Sul
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Stephanie L. Payne; Susan J. Cunningham; Caroline G. Howes; Andrew E. McKechnie. "A trait-based assessment of southern African arid-zone birds' vulnerability to climate change". Biological Conservation (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110338.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110338
  2. Shannon R. Conradie; Michael R. Kearney; Blair O. Wolf; Susan J. Cunningham; Marc T. Freeman; Ryno Kemp; Andrew E. McKechnie. "An evaluation of a biophysical model for predicting avian thermoregulation in the heat". Journal of Experimental Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245066.
    10.1242/jeb.245066
  3. Hunt KK; Marais L; Cunningham SJ; Ridley AR; Moagi L; Rose S; Mckechnie AE; Bourne A. "Camelthorn and blackthorn trees provide important resources for Southern Pied Babblers (Turdoides bicolor) in the Kalahari". Ibis 166 (2023):
    10.1111/ibi.13232
  4. Petra Sumasgutner; Susan J. Cunningham; Arne Hegemann; Arjun Amar; Hannah Watson; Johan F. Nilsson; Martin N. Andersson; Caroline Isaksson. "Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective". Global Change Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16645.
    10.1111/gcb.16645
  5. Peter Mikula; Oldrich Tomášek; Dušan Romportl; Timothy K. Aikins; Jorge E. Avendaño; Bukola D. A. Braimoh-Azaki; Adams Chaskda; et al. "Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems". Nature Communications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37936-5.
    10.1038/s41467-023-37936-5
  6. Bourne A; Ridley AR; Cunningham SJ; Gil Diego. "Helpers don’t help when it’s hot in a cooperatively breeding bird, the Southern Pied Babbler". Behavioral Ecology 34 (2023):
    10.1093/beheco/arad023
  7. Bukola D. A. Braimoh-Azaki; Susan J. Cunningham; Will Cresswell. "Incubation scheduling by African Black Oystercatchers: effects of weather, tide phase, and time of day". Journal of Ornithology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-022-02023-x.
    10.1007/s10336-022-02023-x
  8. Carla J. du Toit; Anusuya Chinsamy; Susan J. Cunningham. "Comparative morphology and soft tissue histology of the remote-touch bill-tip organ in three ibis species of differing foraging ecology". Journal of Anatomy (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13734.
    10.1111/joa.13734
  9. Miqkayla Stofberg; Arjun Amar; Petra Sumasgutner; Susan J. Cunningham. "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): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104465.
    10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104465
  10. Varalika Jain; Thomas Bugnyar; Susan J. Cunningham; Mario Gallego-Abenza; Matthias-Claudio Loretto; Petra Sumasgutner. "The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps". Movement Ecology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00335-4.
    10.1186/s40462-022-00335-4
  11. Harper J; van Wilgen NJ; Turner AA; Tolley KA; Maritz B; Clusella-Trullas S; da Silva JM; et al. "Application of a trait-based climate change vulnerability assessment to determine management priorities at protected area scale". Conservation Science and Practice 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12756.
    10.1111/csp2.12756
  12. Pattinson N; Van De Ven T; Finnie M; Nupen L; McKechnie A; Cunningham S. "Collapse of breeding success in desert-dwelling hornbills evident within a single decade". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.842264.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.842264
  13. Sarah Catto; Petra Sumasgutner; Arjun Amar; Robert L. Thomson; Susan J. Cunningham. "Pulses of anthropogenic food availability appear to benefit parents, but compromise nestling growth in urban red-winged starlings". Oecologia (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05033-3.
    10.1007/s00442-021-05033-3
  14. Andrew E. McKechnie; Ian A. Rushworth; Ferdi Myburgh; Susan J. Cunningham. "Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa". Austral Ecology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13025.
    10.1111/aec.13025
  15. Lesedi L. Moagi; Amanda R. Bourne; Susan J. Cunningham; Raymond Jansen; Celiwe A. Ngcamphalala; André Ganswindt; Amanda R. Ridley; Andrew E. McKechnie. "Hot days are associated with short-term adrenocortical responses in a southern African arid-zone passerine bird". Journal of Experimental Biology 224 10 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242535.
    10.1242/jeb.242535
  16. Taylyn C Risi; Petra Sumasgutner; Susan J Cunningham. "Anthropogenic food availability and body mass maintenance in urban Red-winged Starlings Onychognathus morio". Ostrich (2021): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1906345.
    10.2989/00306525.2021.1906345
  17. Cunningham SJ; Gardner JL; Martin R. "Opportunity costs and the response of birds and mammals to climate warming". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2324.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2324
  18. Barry van Jaarsveld; Nigel C. Bennett; Zenon J. Czenze; Ryno Kemp; Tanja M. F. N. van de Ven; Susan J. Cunningham; Andrew E. McKechnie. "How hornbills handle heat: sex-specific thermoregulation in the southern yellow-billed hornbill". Journal of Experimental Biology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.232777.
    10.1242/jeb.232777
  19. Bourne A; Ridley AR; McKechnie AE; Spottiswoode CN; Cunningham SJ; Cooke Steven. "Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor". Conservation Physiology 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab043.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab043
  20. Bourne, Amanda R.; Ridley, Amanda R.; Spottiswoode, Claire N.; Cunningham, Susan J.. "Direct and indirect effects of high temperatures on fledging in a cooperatively breeding bird". Behavioral Ecology (2021): https://publons.com/publon/50590869/.
    10.1093/BEHECO/ARAB087
  21. Ridley, Amanda R.; Wiley, Elizabeth M.; Bourne, Amanda R.; Cunningham, Susan J.; Nelson-Flower, Martha J.. "Understanding the potential impact of climate change on the behavior and demography of social species: The pied babbler (Turdoides bicolor) as a case study". Advances in the Study of Behavior (2021): https://publons.com/publon/49229003/.
    10.1016/BS.ASB.2021.03.005
  22. Bourne, Amanda R.; Cunningham, Susan J.; Nupen, Lisa J.; McKechnie, Andrew E.; Ridley, Amanda R.. "No sex-specific differences in the influence of high air temperatures during early development on nestling mass and fledgling survival in the Southern Pied Babbler (Turdoides bicolor)". Ibis (2021): https://publons.com/publon/49229002/.
    10.1111/IBI.12990
  23. Oswald, Krista N.; Smit, Ben; Lee, Alan T. K.; Peng, Ceili L.; Brock, Cameryn; Cunningham, Susan J.. "Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range-restricted mountain bird". Journal of Avian Biology (2021): https://publons.com/publon/48119973/.
    10.1111/JAV.02756
  24. Bates, Amanda E.; Primack, Richard B.; Biggar, Brandy S.; Bird, Tomas J.; Clinton, Mary E.; Command, Rylan J.; Richards, Cerren; et al. "Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment". Biological Conservation (2021): https://publons.com/publon/46681564/.
    10.1016/J.BIOCON.2021.109175
  25. C. J. du Toit; A. Chinsamy; S. J. Cunningham. "Cretaceous origins of the vibrotactile bill-tip organ in birds". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 1940 (2020): 20202322-20202322. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2322.
    10.1098/rspb.2020.2322
  26. Margaux Rat; Hugo Mathe-Hubert; Andrew E. McKechnie; Cedric Sueur; Susan J. Cunningham. "Extreme and variable environmental temperatures are linked to reduction of social network cohesiveness in a highly social passerine". Oikos 129 11 (2020): 1597-1610. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07463.
    10.1111/oik.07463
  27. Krista N. Oswald; Elizabeth F. Diener; John P. Diener; Susan J. Cunningham; Ben Smit; Alan T. K. Lee. "Increasing temperatures increase the risk of reproductive failure in a near threatened alpine ground-nesting bird, the Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus". Ibis (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12846.
    10.1111/ibi.12846
  28. Nicholas B. Pattinson; Michelle L. Thompson; Michael Griego; Grace Russell; Nicola J. Mitchell; Rowan O. Martin; Blair O. Wolf; et al. "Heat dissipation behaviour of birds in seasonally hot arid-zones: are there global patterns?". Journal of Avian Biology 51 2 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02350.
    10.1111/jav.02350
  29. van de Ven, T. M. F. N.; McKechnie, A. E.; Er, S.; Cunningham, S. J.. "High temperatures are associated with substantial reductions in breeding success and offspring quality in an arid-zone bird". Oecologia (2020): https://publons.com/publon/32641935/.
    10.1007/S00442-020-04644-6
  30. Bourne, Amanda R.; Cunningham, Susan J.; Spottiswoode, Claire N.; Ridley, Amanda R.. "Hot droughts compromise interannual survival across all group sizes in a cooperatively breeding bird". Ecology Letters (2020): https://publons.com/publon/34232653/.
    10.1111/ELE.13604
  31. Bourne, Amanda R.; Cunningham, Susan J.; Spottiswoode, Claire N.; Ridley, Amanda R.. "High temperatures drive offspring mortality in a cooperatively breeding bird". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2020): https://publons.com/publon/40350073/.
    10.1098/RSPB.2020.1140
  32. Bourne, Amanda; Cunningham, Susan; Spottiswoode, Claire; Ridley, Amanda. "Compensatory breeding in years following drought in a desert-dwelling cooperative breeder". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00190/full.
    Publicado • 10.25375/UCT.12471569.V1
  33. T. M. F. N. van de Ven; A. E. McKechnie; S. J. Cunningham. "The costs of keeping cool: behavioural trade-offs between foraging and thermoregulation are associated with significant mass losses in an arid-zone bird". Oecologia 191 1 (2019): 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04486-x.
    10.1007/s00442-019-04486-x
  34. Bourne, A.R.; McKechnie, A.E.; Cunningham, S.J.; Ridley, A.R.; Woodborne, S.M.; Karasov, W.H.. "Non-invasive measurement of metabolic rates in wild, free-living birds using doubly labelled water". Functional Ecology 33 1 (2019): 162-174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057476467&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1365-2435.13230
  35. Stofberg, M.; Cunningham, S. J.; Sumasgutner, P.; Amar, A.. "Juggling a "junk-food" diet: responses of an urban bird to fluctuating anthropogenic-food availability". Urban Ecosystems (2019): https://publons.com/publon/32641936/.
    10.1007/S11252-019-00885-3
  36. Conradie, Shannon R.; Woodborne, Stephan M.; Cunningham, Susan J.; McKechnie, Andrew E.. "Chronic, sublethal effects of high temperatures will cause severe declines in southern African arid-zone birds during the 21st century". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019): https://publons.com/publon/18448734/.
    10.1073/PNAS.1821312116
  37. Oswald, Krista N.; Smit, Ben; Lee, Alan T. K.; Cunningham, Susan J.. "Behaviour of an alpine range-restricted species is described by interactions between microsite use and temperature". Animal Behaviour (2019): https://publons.com/publon/32047884/.
    10.1016/J.ANBEHAV.2019.09.006
  38. Salamatu Abdu; Alan TK Lee; Susan J Cunningham. "The presence of artificial water points structures an arid-zone avian community over small spatial scales". Ostrich 89 4 (2018): 339-346. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2018.1509904.
    10.2989/00306525.2018.1509904
  39. Thompson, M.L.; Cunningham, S.J.; McKechnie, A.E.. "Interspecific variation in avian thermoregulatory patterns and heat dissipation behaviours in a subtropical desert". Physiology and Behavior 188 (2018): 311-323. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042510930&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.029
  40. Abdu, S.; McKechnie, A.E.; Lee, A.T.K.; Cunningham, S.J.. "Can providing shade at water points help Kalahari birds beat the heat?". Journal of Arid Environments 152 (2018): 21-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041587425&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.01.018
  41. Cunningham, S.J.. "Birds of the arid zones: living life on the edge". Ostrich 89 4 (2018): 297-298. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058927694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2989/00306525.2018.1560179
  42. Susan J. Cunningham; Michelle L. Thompson; Andrew E. McKechnie. "It's cool to be dominant: social status alters short-term risks of heat stress". Journal of Experimental Biology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.152793.
    10.1242/jeb.152793
  43. Reynolds, S.M.; Castro, I.; Alley, M.R.; Cunningham, S.J.. "Apteryx spp. (Kiwi) possess an uropygial gland: Anatomy and pathology". European Journal of Anatomy 21 2 (2017): 125-139. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018745770&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  44. B. Smit; G. Zietsman; R. O. Martin; S. J. Cunningham; A. E. McKechnie; P. A. R. Hockey. "Behavioural responses to heat in desert birds: implications for predicting vulnerability to climate warming". Climate Change Responses (2016): https://publons.com/publon/15406307/.
    10.1186/S40665-016-0023-2
  45. Van De Ven, T.M.F.N.; Martin, R.O.; Vink, T.J.F.; McKechnie, A.E.; Cunningham, S.J.. "Regulation of heat exchange across the hornbill beak: Functional similarities with toucans?". PLoS ONE 11 5 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84971264815&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0154768
  46. Cunningham, S.J.; Madden, C.F.; Barnard, P.; Amar, A.. "Electric crows: Powerlines, climate change and the emergence of a native invader". Diversity and Distributions 22 1 (2016): 17-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955216563&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ddi.12381
  47. Martin, R.O.; Cunningham, S.J.; Hockey, P.A.R.. "Elevated temperatures drive fine-scale patterns of habitat use in a savanna bird community". Ostrich 86 1-2 (2015): 127-135. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929305260&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2989/00306525.2015.1029031
  48. Milne, R.; Cunningham, S.J.; Lee, A.T.K.; Smit, B.. "The role of thermal physiology in recent declines of birds in a biodiversity hotspot". Conservation Physiology 3 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84983546340&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/conphys/cov048
  49. Cunningham, S.J.; Martin, R.O.; Hockey, P.A.R.. "Can behaviour buffer the impacts of climate change on an arid-zone bird?". Ostrich 86 1-2 (2015): 119-126. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929509728&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2989/00306525.2015.1016469
  50. Cunningham, S.J.; Martin, R.O.; Hojem, C.L.; Hockey, P.A.R.. "Temperatures in Excess of Critical Thresholds Threaten Nestling Growth and Survival in A Rapidly-Warming Arid Savanna: A Study of Common Fiscals". PLoS ONE 8 9 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883648904&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0074613
  51. Cunningham, S.J.; Kruger, A.C.; Nxumalo, M.P.; Hockey, P.A.R.. "Identifying biologically meaningful hot-weather events using threshold temperatures that affect life-history". PLoS ONE 8 12 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891816530&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0082492
  52. Cunningham, S.J.; Corfield, J.R.; Iwaniuk, A.N.; Castro, I.; Alley, M.R.; Birkhead, T.R.; Parsons, S.. "The anatomy of the bill tip of kiwi and associated somatosensory regions of the brain: Comparisons with shorebirds". PLoS ONE 8 11 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893906969&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0080036
  53. "The costs of keeping cool in a warming world: implications of high temperatures for foraging, thermoregulation and body condition of an arid-zone bird". Global Change Biology (2012): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02778.x/full.
    10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02778.x
  54. "Facial bristle feather histology and morphology in New Zealand birds: implications for function". Journal of Morphology (2011): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.10908/full.
    10.1002/jmor.10908
  55. Cunningham, S.J.; Castro, I.. "The secret life of wild brown kiwi: Studying behaviour of a cryptic species by direct observation". New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35 3 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959473712&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  56. "Olfaction in birds: a closer look at the kiwi (Apterygidae)". Journal of Avian Biology (2010): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05010.x/full.
    10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05010.x
  57. "Bill morphology of ibises suggests a remote-tactile sensory system for prey detection". The Auk (2010): http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/auk.2009.09117.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.09117
  58. "The relative importance of olfaction and remote touch in prey detection by North Island brown kiwis". Animal Behaviour (2009): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347209003236.
    10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.015
  59. "A new prey-detection mechanism for kiwi (Apteryx spp.) suggests convergent evolution between paleognathous and neognathous birds". Journal of Anatomy (2007): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00786.x/full.
    10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00786.x

Outros

Outra produção
  1. Dehydration risk, not ambient incubation, limits nest attendance at high temperatures. 2020. Amanda R. Bourne; Amanda R. Ridley; Andrew E. McKechnie; Claire N. Spottiswoode; Susan J. Cunningham. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.18.388025.
    10.1101/2020.11.18.388025
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Prémio

2020 University of Cape Town College of Fellows Young Researcher Award

Outra distinção

2021 University of Cape Town Future Leaders Programme
University of Cape Town, África do Sul