Why don't carnivorous pitcher plants compete with non-carnivorous plants for nutrients?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 451-462

  Brewer, J Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Belowground competition; Dry matter allocation; Niche theory; Nutrient stress; Pitcher plants; Plasticity; Sarracenia alata

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT; NICHE OVERLAP; NUTRIENT; PLASTICITY;

SARRACENIA; SARRACENIA ALATA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 0041312633     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0451:WDTCPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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