Mechanisms, ecology and evolution of prey capture by Nepenthes pitcher plants

<i>Nepenthes </i>pitchers are highly specialised insect traps. Adaptations for trapping include a viscoelastic fluid (uncommon), slippery wax crystals (common) and downward-pointing cells on the inner pitcher wall (ubiquitous), as well as the pitcher rim (peristome, present in almost all...

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Main Author: Bauer, U.
Published: University of Cambridge 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596478