A unique resource mutualism between the giant Bornean pitcher plant, Nepenthes rajah, and members of a small mammal community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Greenwood, Melinda ^a   Clarke, Charles ^b   Lee, Ch'ien C ^c   Gunsalam, Ansou ^c   Clarke, Rohan H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NECTAR; NEPENTHES RAJAH; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANT; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; RAT; SYMBIOSIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; METABOLISM; SCANDENTIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ARTHROPODA; MAMMALIA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES RAJAH; RATTUS BALUENSIS; SARRACENIACEAE; TUPAIA MONTANA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; PLANT NECTAR; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUPAIA;

EID: 79958817220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021114     Document Type: Article

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