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.

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

’Rydwyf yn fodlon goruchwylio cwrs PhD

2023

• CyhoeddwydApplied winter biology: threats, conservation and management of biological resources during winter in cold climate regions
  Reeve, C., Robichaud, J. A., Fernandes, T., Bates, A. E., Bramburger, A. J., Brownscombe, J. W., Davy, C. M., Henry, H. A. L., McMeans, B., Moise, E., Sharma, S., Smith, P. A., Studd, E. K., O'Sullivan, A. M., Sutton, A., Templer, P. H. & Cooke, S. J., 2023, Yn: Conservation physiology. 11, 1, t. coad027 coad027.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEarly-life sibling conflict in Canada jays has lifetime fitness consequences
  Fuirst, M., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E., Sutton, A. & Norris, D. R., 26 Ebr 2023, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 1997
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe biotic and abiotic drivers of timing of breeding and the consequences of breeding early in changing world
  Sutton, A. & Freeman, N. E., 11 Gorff 2023, Yn: Ornithology. 140, 3
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydEarly-life experience shapes patterns of senescence in a food-caching passerine
  Sorensen, M. C., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E., Fuirst, M., Sutton, A. O. & Norris, D. R., 26 Ion 2022, Yn: Biology Letters. 18, 1, 20210532.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPopular press portrayal of issues surrounding free-roaming domestic cats Felis catus
  Gow, E., Burant, J., Sutton, A. O., Freeman, N. E., Grahame, E., Fuirst, M., Sorensen, M. C., Knight, S., Clyde, H., Quarrell, N., Wilcox, A., Chicalo, R., Van Drunnen, S. & Shiffman, D. S., 1 Chwef 2022, Yn: People and Nature. 4, 1, t. 143-154
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

• CyhoeddwydCauses and consequences of variation in diet composition of nestling Canada jays
  Freeman, N. E., Newman, A., Sutton, A. O., Kyser, T. K. & Norris, D. R., 1 Ion 2021, Yn: Journal of Avian Biology. 52, 1
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydClimate-driven carry-over effects negatively influence population growth rate in a food-caching boreal passerine
  Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E. & Norris, D. R., 1 Maw 2021, Yn: Global Change Biology. 27, 5
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEarly-life corticosterone and body condition influence social status and survival in a food-caching passerine
  Freeman, N. E., Norris, D. R., Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Kyser, T. K. & Newman, A., 23 Gorff 2021, Yn: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61, 1, t. 9-19
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEnvironmental conditions modulate compensatory effects of site-dependent regulation in a food-caching passerine
  Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E. & Norris, D. R., 1 Ion 2021, Yn: Ecology. e03203.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydFrozen out: unanswered questions in winter biology
  Sutton, A. O., Studd, E. K., Fernandes, T., Bates, A. E., Bramburger, A. J., Cooke, S. J., Hayden, B., Henry, H. A. L., Humphries, M. M., Martin, R., McMeans, B., Moise, E., O'Sullivan, A. M., Sharma, S. & Templer, P. H., 1 Rhag 2021, Yn: Environmental Reviews. 29, 4
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydNine maxims for winter ecology
  Studd, E. K., Bates, A. E., Bramburger, A. J., Hayden, B., Henry, H. A. L., Humphries, M. M., Martin, R., McMeans, B., Moise, E., O'Sullivan, A., Sharma, S., Sinclair, B., Sutton, A. O., Templer, P. H. & Cooke, S. J., 1 Awst 2021, Yn: BioScience. 71, 8, t. 820-830
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydInto the drink: an observation of a novel hunting technique employed by the Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
  Sutton, A. O., Fuirst, M. & Bill, K., 8 Gorff 2020, Yn: Canadian Field Naturalist. 134, 1
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydRaising young with limited resources: supplementation improves nestling condition and advances fledging of Canada jays
  Freeman, N. E., Norris, D. R., Sutton, A. O. & Newman, A., 1 Ion 2020, Yn: Ecology. 101, 1, e02651.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

• CyhoeddwydA boreal songbird’s 20,000 km migration across North America and the Atlantic Ocean
  Deluca, W. V., Woodworth, B. K., MacKenzie, S. A., Newman, A., Cooke, H. A., Phillips, L. M., Freeman, N. E., Sutton, A. O., Tauzer, L., McIntyre, C., Stenhouse, I. J., Weidensaul, S., Taylor, P. D. & Norris, D. R., 1 Mai 2019, Yn: Ecology. 100, 5, e02651.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydAutumn freeze-thaw events carry over to depress late-winter reproductive performance in Canada jays
  Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E., Newman, A. & Norris, D. R., 10 Ebr 2019, Yn: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 4
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydLength polymorphisms at two candidate genes explain variation of migratory behaviours in blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata)
  Ralston, J., Lorenc, L., Montes, M., Deluca, W. V., Kirchman, J. J., Woodworth, B. K., MacKenzie, S. A., Newman, A., Cooke, H. A., Freeman, N. E., Sutton, A. O., Tauzer, L. & Norris, D. R., 1 Awst 2019, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 15, t. 8840-8855
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydBehavioural and physiological responses of an amphibious, euryhaline mangrove fish to acute salinity exposure
  Sutton, A. O., Turko, A. J., McLaughlin, R. L. & Wright, P., 13 Meh 2018, Yn: Copeia. 106, 2
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydFood storage in a changing world: implications of climate change for food-caching species
  Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D. & Norris, D. R., 8 Rhag 2016, Yn: Climate Change Responses. 3, 1
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

• Cache 22: The fate of synergistic species interactions in a time of global change

  01/12/2024 – 15/12/2026 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

• You are what you do: how behaviour shapes composition and functional potential of the microbiome

  09/01/2023 – 30/04/2023 (Wedi gorffen)