Patterns of prey capture and prey availability among populations of the carnivorous plant Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae) along an environmental gradient

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1341-1348

  Alcalá, Raúl E ^a   Domínguez, César A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivorous habit; Environmental heterogeneity; Insectivorous plants; Lentibulariaceae; Pinguicula

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTION;

LENTIBULARIACEAE; PINGUICULA; PINGUICULA MORANENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0348196880     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.9.1341     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. ADAMEC, L. 1997. Mineral nutrition of carnivorous plants: a review. Botanical Review 63: 273-299.
2. ANTOR, R. J., AND M. B. GARCÍA. 1994. Prey capture by a carnivorous plant with hanging adhesive traps: Pinguicula longifolia. American Midland Naturalist 131: 128-135.
3. BENZING, D. H. 1987. The origin and rarity of botanical carnivory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2: 364-369.
4. BENZING, D. H. 2000. Bromeliaceae: profile of and adaptive radiation. Cambridge University Press, New York, New York, USA.
5. BRADSHAW, A. D. 1972. Some evolutionary consequences of being a plant. Evolutionary Biology 5: 25-47.
6. DARWIN, C. 1875. Insectivorous plants. John Murray, London, UK.
7. DIXON, K. W., J. S. PATE, AND W. J. BAILEY. 1980. Nitrogen nutrition of the tuberous sundew Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. with special reference to catch of arthropoda fauna by its glandular leaves. Australian Journal of Botany 28: 283-297.
8. DOMÍNGUEZ, C. A., L. E. EGUIARTE, J. NÚÑEZ- FARFÁN, AND R. DIRZO. 1998. Flower morphometry of Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae): geographical variation in Mexican populations. American Journal of Botany 85: 637-643.
9. ELLISON, A. M., AND N. J. GOTELLI. 2001. Evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 623-629.
10. GIBSON, T. C. 1991. Competition among threadleaf sundews for limited insect resources. American Naturalist 138: 785-789.
11. GIVNISH, T. J., E. L. BURKHARDT, R. E. HAPPEL, AND J. D. WEINTRAUB. 1984. Carnivory in the bromeliad Brocchinia reducta, with a cost/benefit model for the general restriction of carnivorous plants to sunny, moist, nutrient-poor habitats. American Naturalist 124: 479-497.
12. HESLOP-HARRISON, Y., AND J. HESLOP-HARRISON. 1980. Chloride ion movement and enzyme secretion from the digestive glands of Pinguicula. Annals of Botany 45: 729-731.
13. HESLOP-HARRISON, Y., AND R. B. KNOX. 1971. A cytochemical study of the leaf gland enzymes of insectivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula. Planta 96: 183-211.
14. JUNIPER, B. E., R. J. ROBINS, AND D. M. JOEL. 1989. The carnivorous plants. Academic Press, London, UK.
15. KARLSSON, P. S., K. O. NORDELL, S. EIREFELT, AND A. SVENSSON. 1987. Trapping efficiency of three carnivorous Pinguicula species. Oecologia 73: 518-521.
16. KARLSSON, P. S., AND J. S. PATE. 1992. Contrasting effects of supplementary feeding of insects or mineral nutrients on the growth and nitrogen and phosphorous economy of pygmy species of Drosera. Oecologia 92: 8-13.
17. KARLSSON, P. S., L. M. THORÉN, AND H. M. HANSLIN. 1994. Prey capture by three Pinguicula species in a subartic environment. Oecologia 99: 188-193.
18. LINHART, Y. B., AND M. C. GRANT. 1996. Evolutionary significance of local genetic differentiation in plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 27: 237-277.
19. LLOYD, F. E. 1942. The carnivorous plants. Chronica Botanica Ronald Press, New York, New York, USA.
20. LÜTTGE, U. 1983. Ecophysiology of carnivorous plants. In O. L. Lange, P. S. Nobel, C. B. Osmond, and H. Zeigler [eds.], Encyclopaedia of plant physiology, vol. 12C. Physiological Plant Ecology III, 489-517. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
21. MEACHAM, C. A., AND T. D. DUNCAN. 1989. MorphoSys ver. 1.26. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
22. REYMENT, R. A., AND K. G. JÖRESKORG. 1993. Applied factor analysis in the natural sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York.
23. RZEDOWSKI, J. 1981. Vegetación de México. Limusa, México D.F., México.
24. SAS. 1989. SAS/STAT user's guide, release 6.08. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, USA.
25. SCHULZE, E. D., G. GERBAUER, W. SCHULZE, AND J. S. PATE. 1991. The utilization of nitrogen from insect capture by different growth forms of Drosera from southwest Australia. Oecologia 87: 240-246.
26. SCHULZE, W., E. D. SCHULZE, J. S. PATE, AND A. N. GILLISON. 1997. The nitrogen supply from soils and insects during growth of the pitcher plants Nepenthes mirabilis, Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica. Oecologia 112: 464-471.
27. SOKAL, R. R., AND F. J. ROHLF. 1995. Biometry, 3rd ed. W. H. Freeman, New York, New York, USA.
28. SORK, V. L., K. A. STOWE, AND C. HOCHWENDER. 1993. Evidence from local adaptation in closely adjacent subpopulations of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) expressed as resistance to leaf herbivores. American Naturalist 142: 929-936.
29. THOMPSON, J. N. 1981. Reversed animal-plant interactions: the evolution of insectivorous and ant-fed plants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 16: 147-155.
30. THORÉN, L. M., AND P. S. KARLSSON. 1998. Effects of supplementary feeding on growth and reproduction of three carnivorous plant species in a subartic environment. Journal of Ecology 86: 501-510.
31. THUM, M. 1988. The significance of carnivory for the fitness of Drosera in its natural habita. 1. The reactions of Drosera intermedia and D. rotundifolia to supplementary feeding. Oecologia 75: 472-480.
32. ZAMORA, R. 1990. The feeding ecology of a carnivorous plant (Pinguicula nevadense): prey analysis and capture constraint. Oecologia 84: 376-379.
33. ZAMORA, R. 1995. The trapping success of a carnivorous plant (Pinguicula vallisneriifolia): the cumulative effects of availability, attraction, retention and robbery of prey. Oikos 73: 309-322.
34. ZAMORA, R., J. M. GÓMEZ, AND J. A. HÓDAR. 1997. Responses of a carnivorous plant to prey and inorganic nutrients in a Mediterranean environment. Oecologia 111: 443-451.
35. ZAMORA, R., J. M. GÓMEZ, AND J. A. HÓDAR. 1998. Fitness responses of a carnivorous plant in contrasting ecological scenarios. Ecology 79: 1630-1644.
36. ZAMUDIO, S. 1999. Notas sobre la identidad de Pinguicula moranensis H. B. K., con la descripción de una variedad nueva. Acta Botanica Mexicana 49: 23-34.