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

Carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants capture arthropods with specialized slippery surfaces. The key trapping surface, the pitcher rim (peristome), is highly slippery when wetted by rain, nectar or condensation, but not when dry. As natural selection should favour adaptations that maximize prey intak...

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Publicado no:Proc Biol Sci
Main Authors: Bauer, Ulrike, Federle, Walter, Seidel, Hannes, Grafe, T. Ulmar, Ioannou, Christos C.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2015
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309005/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589604
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2675
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