Energetics and the evolution of carnivorous plants - Darwin's 'most wonderful plants in the world'

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-42

  Ellison, Aaron M ^a   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Competition; Construction costs; Cost benefit model; Darwin; Energetics; Niche overlap; Phylogeny; Prey capture; Universal spectrum of leaf traits

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 60149102143     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern179     Document Type: Review

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