Dr Alex Sutton

Teaching & Research Lectureship

a.sutton@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Alex Sutton

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

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2026

  • E-pub ahead of print
    Davies, C. S., CapillaLasheras, P., CatelanCarphio, E., Castro, A. C., DiezM矇ndez, D., Drobniak, S. M., DrzewiskaChako, J., Kohl, K. D., Mart穩nezRenau, E., Ramellini, S., Richardson, D. S., Ruuskanen, S., Sutton, A. O., Szulkin, M., Troisi, C. A., White, J., Worsley, S. F., Bodawatta, K. H. & Videvall, E., 2 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Avian Biology. 2026, 2, e03594.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2025

  • Published
    Gaun, N., Pietroni, C., Martin-Bideguren, G., Lauritsen, J., Aizpurua, O., Fernandes, J. M., Ferreira, E., Aubret, F., Sarraude, T., Perry, C., Wauters, L., Romeo, C., Spada, M., Tranquillo, C., Sutton, A. O., Griesser, M., Warrington, M. H., P矇rez I de Lanuza, G., Abalos, J. & Aguilar, P. & 21 others, de la Cruz, F., Juste, J., Alonso-Alonso, P., Groombridge, J., Louch, R., Ruhomaun, K., Henshaw, S., Cabido, C., Barrio, I. G., unje, E., Hosner, P., Prates, I., While, G. M., Garc穩a-Roa, R., Uller, T., Feiner, N., Bonaccorso, E., Klein-Ipsen, P., Rotovnik, R. M., Alberdi, A. & Eisenhofer, R., 5 Sept 2025, In: GigaScience. 14, giaf102.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2024

  • Published
    Leonard, A., Earth Hologenome Initiative Consortium, Sutton, A. & Alberdi, A., 1 Jul 2024, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 39, 7, p. 616-620
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Sutton, A., Strickland, D., Lachapelle, J., Young, R., Hanner, R., Brunton, D., Skevington, J., Freeman, N. & Norris, R., 24 Apr 2024, In: PLoS ONE.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Sutton, A., Ratajczak, Z. & Louthan, A., 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 10, p. 2237-2248
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Fuirst, M., Strickland, D., Freeman, K., Sutton, A., Graham, B., Burg, T. & Norris, R., 1 Jul 2024, In: Ornithology. 141, 3
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2023

  • Published
    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, In: Conservation physiology. 11, 1, p. coad027 coad027.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Fuirst, M., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E., Sutton, A. & Norris, D. R., 26 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 1997
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Sutton, A. & Freeman, N. E., 11 Jul 2023, In: Ornithology. 140, 3
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Sorensen, M. C., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E., Fuirst, M., Sutton, A. O. & Norris, D. R., 26 Jan 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 1, 20210532.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    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 Feb 2022, In: People and Nature. 4, 1, p. 143-154
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2021

  • Published
    Freeman, N. E., Newman, A., Sutton, A. O., Kyser, T. K. & Norris, D. R., 1 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 52, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E. & Norris, D. R., 1 Mar 2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 5
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Freeman, N. E., Norris, D. R., Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Kyser, T. K. & Newman, A., 23 Jul 2021, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61, 1, p. 9-19
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E. & Norris, D. R., 1 Jan 2021, In: Ecology. e03203.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    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 Dec 2021, In: Environmental Reviews. 29, 4
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    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 Aug 2021, In: BioScience. 71, 8, p. 820-830
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2020

  • Published
    Sutton, A. O., Fuirst, M. & Bill, K., 8 Jul 2020, In: Canadian Field Naturalist. 134, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Freeman, N. E., Norris, D. R., Sutton, A. O. & Newman, A., 1 Jan 2020, In: Ecology. 101, 1, e02651.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2019

  • Published
    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 May 2019, In: Ecology. 100, 5, e02651.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D., Freeman, N. E., Newman, A. & Norris, D. R., 10 Apr 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 4
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
  • Published
    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 Aug 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 15, p. 8840-8855
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2018

  • Published
    Sutton, A. O., Turko, A. J., McLaughlin, R. L. & Wright, P., 13 Jun 2018, In: Copeia. 106, 2
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2016

  • Published
    Sutton, A. O., Strickland, D. & Norris, D. R., 8 Dec 2016, In: Climate Change Responses. 3, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review

2011

  • Published
    Lewis, R., Williams, N., Matar, H. E., Din, N., Fitzsimmons, D., Phillips, C., Jones, M., Sutton, A., Burton, K., Nafees, S., Hendry, M., Rickard, I., Chakraverty, R. & Wilkinson, C., 1 Nov 2011, In: Health Technology Assessment. 15, 39, p. 1-578 578 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal Review article peer-review

  • 01/12/2024 15/12/2026 (Active)

  • 09/01/2023 30/04/2023 (Finished)