Evidence for alternative trapping strategies in two forms of the pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3683-3692

  Bauer, Ulrike ^a   Grafe, T Ulmar ^b   Federle, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Capture mechanism; carnivorous plants; functional morphology; insect aquaplaning; Nepenthes; plant insect interactions; trait divergence; wax crystals

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; INSECTS;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES RAFFLESIANA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 79960229415     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err082     Document Type: Article

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