Tree shrew lavatories: A novel nitrogen sequestration strategy in a tropical pitcher plant

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 632-635

  Clarke, Charles M ^a   Bauer, Ulrike ^b   Lee, Ch'ien C ^c   Tuen, Andrew A ^d   Rembold, Katja ^e   Moran, Jonathan A ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Universiti Malaysia Sarawak ^*  (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^e University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^f ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Mutualism; Nepenthes; Supplementary nitrogen sources; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANT; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CARNIVORY; EXUDATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; PREY CAPTURE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANT; ARTICLE; BORNEO; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CARNIVORY; EVOLUTION; FECES; HABITAT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NEPENTHES; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDENTIA; SYMBIOSIS; SYMPATRY; TROPICAL PITCHER PLANT;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES LOWII; SARRACENIACEAE; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 70349287650     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0311     Document Type: Article

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