Modelling the relationship between a pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) and its phytotelma community: Mutualism or parasitism?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 728-737

  Mouquet, N ^a   Daufresne, T ^b   Gray, S M ^c   Miller, T E ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Decomposition; Model; Mutualism; Parasitism; Stoichiometry; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOSQUITO; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 47249153954     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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