Collaborations
The Sumasgutner Lab is closely embedded within the collaborative research environment of the Konrad Lorenz Research Station (KLF), working on established model systems including ravens, geese, and ibis. These collaborations enable data sharing and methodological exchange, while the lab also leads international research projects, positioning KLF-based research within global networks.
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OUR GOAL
The Global Anthropause Raptor Research Network (GARRN) investigates COVID-19-related lockdown effects on raptors, analysing data on demography (e.g., productivity and mortality), behaviour (e.g., diet composition, displacement responses) and physiology (e.g., body condition, pollutant loads) to understand individual and population level responses to pausing and pulsing human activity. We will specifically address carry-over effects when comparing data collected before, during, and after the pandemic.
Sumasgutner P, Buij R, McClure CJW, Shaw P, Dykstra CR, Kumar N, Rutz C (2021): Raptor research during COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology. Biological Conservation 109149.
Doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109149
CALL FOR GLOBAL COLLABORATION
The Network welcomes all members of the raptor research community, and is fully committed to inclusivity, transparency and fairness. The Peregrine's Fund Global Raptor Impact Network (GRIN) provides a search engine for raptor researchers, tools for data collection, storage and analysis, and is our logistics partner to ensure data achieving.
McClure CJW, Hernan Vargas F, Amar A, Conception C, MacColl C, Sumasgutner P (2023): Conservation letter: Monitoring raptor populations – A call for increased global collaboration and survey standardization. Journal of Raptor Research 57: 106-113. Doi: 10.3356/JRR-22-68
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The science of teamwork
The invisible threads that connect researchers in our field. Every blue line represents a partnership (over the last 5 years, 2021-2025) - two research groups joining forces to tackle questions too big for one alone. The tangled web at the centre shows how inter-connected modern science has become: collaboration is no exception, it's the rule.
Just like in Biologging: These dots on the map are our connections across the globe.
The global reach of our research community. Each blue dot represents a place where we share data or work together on joint projects/papers. The orange marker? That's home base - the hub connecting this worldwide network of discovery.
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ICARUS - Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Our kestrel research contributes to the vision of Max Planck Institutes ICARUS Initiative (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space). ICARUS uses IoT or satellite-based technology to track small animals globally, opening an unprecedented window into their movements, behaviour, and responses to environmental change.
ICARUS Kestrels
Our Eurasian kestrels are part of this global network. By tagging kestrels in human-dominated landscapes, we investigate how a small raptor navigates urbanisation, agricultural intensification, and climate variability. Linking fine-scale movement data with environmental information helps us understand how human activities shape predator behaviour - and contributes to ICARUS’ broader goal: monitoring biodiversity change in real time.
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