Mass capture of insects by the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae) in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-346

  Evans, Robert E ^a,b,c,d   MacRoberts, Barbara R ^a,b,c,d   Gibson, Thomas C ^a,b,c,d   MacRoberts, Michael H ^a,b,c,d  

^a NatureServe   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Bog Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PLECIA NEARCTICA; SARRACENIA ALATA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 0036874276     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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