It takes two to tango but three is a tangle: Mutualists and cheaters on the carnivorous plant Roridula

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-373

  Anderson, B ^a   Midgley, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plant; Cheating; Context dependency; Evolution; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; DIGESTION; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RORIDULA;

EID: 0036923840     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0998-1     Document Type: Article

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