Quite a few reasons for calling carnivores 'the most wonderful plants in the world'

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-64

  Król, Elbieta ^a   Płachno, Bartosz J ^b   Adamec, Lubomír ^c   Stolarz, Maria ^a   Dziubińska, Halina ^a   Trebacz, Kazimierz ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Institute of Botany AS CR   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

action potentials; Carnivorous plants; gland functioning; model plants; nutrient absorption; plant excitability; plant indicators; rapid organ movements; traps

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADAPTATION; BIOINDICATOR; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CARNIVORY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOME RANGE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESEARCH WORK; SECRETION;

ADAPTATION; CARNIVORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARNIVORY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84555188912     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr249     Document Type: Review

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