Aspects of pitcher morphology and spectral characteristics of six Bornean Nepenthes pitcher plant species: Implications for prey capture

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-528

  Moran, Jonathan A ^a   Booth, Webber E ^b   Charles, Joseph K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Borneo; Carnivory; Colour; Nepenthes spp.; Pitcher plants; Prey attraction

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PREY CAPTURE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

BORNEO;

AMPULLARIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ECHINOSTOMA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MIRABILIS; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES ALBOMARGINATA; NEPENTHES AMPULLARIA; NEPENTHES BICALCARATA; NEPENTHES GRACILIS; NEPENTHES MIRABILIS; NEPENTHES RAFFLESIANA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 0032938409     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0857     Document Type: Article

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