Trap geometry in three giant montane pitcher plant species from Borneo is a function of tree shrew body size

New Phytologist

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-470

  Chin, Lijin ^a   Moran, Jonathan A ^b   Clarke, Charles ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nepenthes; Nitrogen sequestration; Pitcher plant; Trap geometry; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTHROPOD; BODY SIZE; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CLIMBING PLANT; EXUDATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMALL MAMMAL; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES LOWII; NEPENTHES MACROPHYLLA; NEPENTHES RAJAH; SARRACENIACEAE; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA MONTANA; TUPAIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BORNEO; FECES; HISTOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARRACENIACEAE; SCANDENTIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BORNEO; FECES; MONTANA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARRACENIACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 77954754206     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03166.x     Document Type: Article

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