Mass march of termites into the deadly trap

2002/01/01 by Marlis A. Merbach, Dennis J. Merbach, U. Maschwitz +5 · 20 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies

paper · doi:10.1038/415036a

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Citations

• Aspects of Pitcher Morphology and Spectral Characteristics of Six BorneanNepenthesPitcher Plant Species: Implications for Prey Capture
• Pitcher Dimorphism, Prey Composition and the Mechanisms of Prey Attraction in the Pitcher Plant Nepenthes Rafflesiana in Borneo

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• Nutritional benefit from leaf litter utilization in the pitcher plant Nepenthes ampullaria
• Pitchers of Nepenthes rajah collect faecal droppings from both diurnal and nocturnal small mammals and emit fruity odour
• Adaptive radiation with regard to nutrient sequestration strategies in the carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes
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• Prey composition of the pitcher plantNepenthes madagascariensis
• Function of epidermal surfaces in the trapping efficiency of Nepenthes alata pitchers
• Distribution of naphthoquinones, plumbagin, droserone, and 5-O-methyl droserone in chitin-induced and uninduced Nepenthes khasiana: molecular events in prey capture
• Capture mechanism in Palaeotropical pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) is constrained by climate
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