How to catch more prey with less effective traps: Explaining the evolution of temporarily inactive traps in carnivorous pitcher plants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1801, 2015, Pages

  Bauer, Ulrike ^a,b   Federle, Walter ^c   Seidel, Hannes ^d   Grafe, T Ulmar ^b   Ioannou, Christos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Collective foraging; Nepenthes; Peristome aquaplaning ; Plant insect interactions; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; TRAPPING; WETTING;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES RAFFLESIANA; SARRACENIACEAE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANT; CARNIVORY; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARNIVORY; FOOD CHAIN;

EID: 84921465252     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2675     Document Type: Article

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