Mechanism for rapid passive-dynamic prey capture in a pitcher plant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13384-13389

  Bauer, Ulrike ^a,b   Paulin, Marion ^c   Robert, Daniel ^a   Sutton, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WAX;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DROSERA; DROSERA GLANDULIGERA; FRICTION; NEPENTHES GRACILIS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDATION; PREY; PREY CAPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEAR RATE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SARRACENIACEAE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRUNEI; FRICTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SARRACENIACEAE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84945431209     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510060112     Document Type: Article

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