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