Fitness responses of a carnivorous plant in contrasting ecological scenarios

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1630-1644

  Zamora, Regino ^a   Gómez, José M ^a   Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Ecological heterogeneity; Field experiment; Growth and survival; Irradiance; Leaf shape; Lentibulariaceae; Mediterranean ecosystems; Mucilage secretion; Pinguicula vallisneriifolia; Prey capture; Sexual and vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLY; IRRADIANCE; PLANT; REPRODUCTION;

SPAIN;

PINGUICULA VALLISNERIIFOLIA;

EID: 0031875760     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1630:FROACP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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