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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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):
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10.1371/journal.pone.0080036
- "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
- "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
- 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.
- "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
- "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
- "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
- "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.
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