Hierarchical organisation of the trap in the protocarnivorous plant Roridula gorgonias (Roridulaceae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3184-3191

  Voigt, Dagmar ^a   Gorb, Elena ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Adhesive strength; Biomechanics; Flypaper plant; Insect plant interactions; Plant resin; Plant surface; Stiffness; Trap; Trichome

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERN; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERNS; PLANT LEAVES;

HEXAPODA; RORIDULA GORGONIAS; RORIDULACEAE;

EID: 70349127621     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034280     Document Type: Article

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