Faster than their prey: New insights into the rapid movements of active carnivorous plants traps

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 649-657

  Poppinga, Simon ^a   Masselter, Tom ^a   Speck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldrovanda; Carnivorous plant; Dionaea; Drosera; Fast plant movement; Utricularia

Indexed keywords

ALDROVANDA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CLASSIFICATION; DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT MOVEMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; UTRICULARIA; VELOCITY;

DROSERA; DROSERACEAE;

ALDROVANDA; DIONAEA; DROSERA; UTRICULARIA;

EID: 84879133064     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200175     Document Type: Article

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