Costs and benefits of carnivory in plants: Insights from the photosynthetic performance of four carnivorous plants in a subarctic environment

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-112

  Méndez, Marcos ^a,b   Karlsson, P Staffan ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINGUICULA ALPINA; PINGUICULA VILLOSA; PINGUICULA VULGARIS; VILLOSA;

EID: 17044444419     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546574     Document Type: Article

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