Vision in Challenging Environments – from Darkness to Dazzling Light – Functional Ecologists

Zuzana Musilova and Sara Mae Stieb When animals look out into their world, they don’t all see the same thing. For some, light is abundant, even overwhelming. For others, it…

The impact of nocturnal warming and prey availability during reproduction in a viviparous lizard – Functional Ecologists

In this week’s blog post, we’re checking our calendars and addressing how climate change is causing shifts in breeding dates for reptiles! Discussing the article “A multi-trait evaluation of patterns…

Understanding how high temperatures influence resource acquisition and competitive ability – Functional Ecologists

In our latest post Graydon Gilles, MSc student at University of Queens, presents his work ‘Temperature-dependence and genetic variation in resource acquisition strategies in a model freshwater plant’. He explains…