Termite prey specialization in the pitcher plant Nepenthes albomarginata - Evidence from stable isotope analysis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 307-311

  Moran, Jonathan A ^a   Merbach, Marlis A ^b   Livingston, Nigel J ^a   Clarke, Charles M ^c   Booth, Webber E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Borneo; Carnivory; Nepenthes albomarginata; Nepenthes rafflesiana; Photosynthesis; Stable isotopes; Termites

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREY SELECTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERMITE;

CREMATOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HOSPITALITERMES; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; NEPENTHES ALBOMARGINATA; NEPENTHES RAFFLESIANA;

EID: 0034865345     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2001.1460     Document Type: Article

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