The use of light in prey capture by the tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes aristolochioides

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Moran, Jonathan A ^a   Clarke, Charles ^b   Gowen, Brent E ^c  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Nepenthes; Pitcher plant; Prey attraction; Visual signaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SARRACENIACEAE; TROPIC CLIMATE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGHT; PIGMENTATION; SARRACENIACEAE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84864794958     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.20912     Document Type: Article

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