Novel pitcher plant–spider mutualism is dependent upon environmental resource abundance
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4246-8
Abstract: Positive species interactions are ubiquitous and crucial components of communities, but they are still not well incorporated into established ecological theories. The definitions of facilitation and mutualism overlap, and both are often context dependent. Many… read more here.
Keywords: resource; crab spiders; pitcher; pitcher plant ... See more keywords
Pitcher plant facilitates prey capture in a sympatric congener
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DOI: 10.1007/s11258-018-0796-4
Abstract: Carnivorous plants avoid below-ground competition for nitrogen by utilizing an alternative nitrogen resource—invertebrate prey, but it remains unclear if sympatric carnivorous plants compete for prey resources. The aim of this study was to investigate if… read more here.
Keywords: resource; pitcher; pitcher plant; competition ... See more keywords
Biochemical and mesophyll diffusional limits to photosynthesis are determined by prey and root nutrient uptake in the carnivorous pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata.
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DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa041
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS Carnivorous plants can enhance photosynthetic efficiency in response to prey nutrient uptake but the underlying mechanisms of increased photosynthesis are largely unknown. Here we investigated photosynthesis in the pitcher plant Nepenthes x… read more here.
Keywords: photosynthesis; pitcher plant; biochemical mesophyll; nepenthes ventrata ... See more keywords