The biomechanics of fast prey capture in aquatic bladderworts

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-550

  Singh, Amit K ^a   Prabhakar, Sunil ^a   Sane, Sanjay P ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; High speed videography; Utricularia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC PLANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMECHANICS; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; MOVEMENT; NEMATODE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PREY CAPTURE; SWIMMING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMECHANICS; PRESSURE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; UTRICULARIA;

EID: 79958793436     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0057     Document Type: Article

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