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Harmless nectar source or deadly trap: Nepenthes pitchers are activated by rain, condensation and nectar

The leaves of Nepenthes pitcher plants are specialized pitfall traps which capture and digest arthropod prey. In many species, insects become trapped by ‘aquaplaning’ on the wet pitcher rim (peristome). Here we investigate the ecological implications of this capture mechanism in Nepenthes rafflesian...

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Autors principals: Bauer, Ulrike, Bohn, Holger F, Federle, Walter
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: The Royal Society 2007
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2593725/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18048280
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1402
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