Digestive mutualism, an alternate pathway in plant carnivory

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 221-224

  Anderson, Bruce ^a   Midgley, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; DIGESTION; MUTUALISM;

EID: 0037662866     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12478.x     Document Type: Review

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