Prey selection in three species of the carnivorous aquatic plant Utricularia (bladderwort)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-470

  Harms, Sabine ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PREDATION; SEDIMENT;

AQUATIC PLANT; CARNIVORE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA INTERMEDIA; UTRICULARIA MINOR; UTRICULARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 0032762346     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/146/1999/449     Document Type: Article

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