Traps of carnivorous pitcher plants as a habitat: Composition of the fluid, biodiversity and mutualistic activities

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-194

  Adlassnig, Wolfram ^a   Peroutka, Marianne ^a   Lendl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brocchinia; carnivorous plants; Cephalotus; Heliamphora; mutualism; Nepenthes; phytotelm; pitcher inquilines; Sarracenia; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; DETERGENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECT; LARVA; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTIST; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT; TOXIN;

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; BROMELIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SARRACENIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; BROMELIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; SARRACENIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BROCCHINIA; BROCCHINIA REDUCTA; CEPHALOTUS; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HELIAMPHORA; HEXAPODA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES AMPULLARIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 79551542415     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq238     Document Type: Review

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