The nitrogen supply from soils and insects during growth of the pitcher plants Nepenthes mirabilis, Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 464-471

  Schulze, W ^a   Schulze, E D ^a   Pate, J S ^b   Gillison, A N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Insect nitrogen; Nitrogen partitioning; Pitcher plants

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVOROUS PLANT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT SUPPLT; PITCHER PLANT;

CEPHALOTACEAE; CEPHALOTUS FOLLICULARIS; DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA; DARLINGTONIS CALIFORNICA; NEPENTHACEAE; NEPENTHES MIRABILIS; SARRANCENIACEAE;

EID: 0031466964     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050333     Document Type: Article

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