Construction costs, payback times, and the leaf economics of carnivorous plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1612-1619

  Karagatzides, Jim D ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Construction costs; Cost benefit analysis of botanical carnivory; Payback time; Photosynthesis; Plant economics; Universal spectrum of leaf economics

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALE EFFECT; SCALE READING; TRAPPING;

EID: 70349656979     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900054     Document Type: Article

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