The contribution of insect prey to the total nitrogen content of sundews (Drosera spp.) determined in situ by stable isotope analysis

New Phytologist

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-534

  Millett, Jonathan ^a,c   Jones, Roger I ^a,d   Waldron, Susan ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carnivorous plants; Drosera intermedia; Drosera rotundifolia; Nitrogen; Stable isotope analysis; Sundews

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; INSECT; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

DROSERA; DROSERA INTERMEDIA; DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038728582     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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