Wolfgang Wüster

This study examines how winter warming affects gut microbiome composition in lizards, finding that constant warming reduces microbial diversity and increases dysbiosis, while fluctuating temperatures preserve microbial stability.

The study shows that male Aesculapian snakes prefer buildings while females prefer woodland, highlighting the role of human habitats in their success as an introduced ectothermic predator.

The paper shows that high average heterozygosity in adders may mask severe genetic erosion due to recent bottlenecks, suggesting whole-genome sequencing is better for assessing genetic risk.