Red-spotted Newts: An unusual nutrient source for northern pitcher plants

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Butler, Jessica L ^a   Atwater, Daniel Z ^a,b   Ellison, Aaron M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 25144439994     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0001:RNAUNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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