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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2675 |