Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr

MSc

Mail: verena.puehringer-sturmayr[at]univie.ac.at

PhD thesis

Between habitat quality and site fidelity: How the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), a critically endangered bird species, chooses its foraging areas

Supervisors: Kurt Kotrschal & Didone Frigerio

Research interests

animal behaviour, habitat choice, conservation, behavioural physiology, hormone – behaviour interactions, social life

Publications

Puehringer-Sturmayr, V, Wascher, CAF, Loretto, M-C, Palme, R, Stoewe, M, Kotrschal, K & Frigerio, D 2018, 'Seasonal differences of corticosterone metabolite concentrations and parasite burden in northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita): The role of affiliative interactions', PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 1, e0191441. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191441

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Nemeth, M , Millesi, E, Pühringer-Sturmayr, V, Kaplan, A, Wagner, K-H, Quint, R & Wallner, B 2016, 'Sex-specific effects of dietary fatty acids on saliva cortisol and social behavior in guinea pigs under different social environmental conditions', Biology of Sex Differences, vol. 7, no. 1, 51, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-016-0107-5

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Conference talks

Drone impacts on a bird flock: Rapid physiological habituation and behavioural response in greylag geese

Petra Sumasgutner , Shane C. Sumasgutner , Mauricio Nicolas Adreani , Josef Hemetsberger , Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr , Didone Frigerio , Sonia Kleindorfer

International Society of Behavioral Ecology (ISBE)