HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research

Declining hydraulic safety in a drier world

Forests worldwide are increasingly exposed to soil drought under climate change, with their fates depending on the ability to maintain essential functions like water transport (hydraulics) and photosynthesis. Acclimation is expected to mitigate drought impacts, but the extent to...

A trait based-approach to the diet of grass snakes (Colubridae:Natrix): opportunists with preferences

Understanding the mechanisms by which predators select their prey can help us understand the evolution of ecological interactions and community-level patterns and can also have conservation implications. Grass snakes (Natrix spp.) are predators specialising on amphibians and fish...