This study investigated the nitrogen (N) acquisition from soil and insect capture during the growth of three species of pitcher plants, Nepenthes mirabilis, Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica. 15N/14N natural abundance ratios (δ15N) of plants and pitchers of different age, non-carnivorous reference plants, and insect prey were used to estimate proportional contributions of insects to the N content of leaves and whole plants. Young Nepenthes leaves (phyllodes) carrying closed pitchers comprised major sinks for N and developed mainly from insect N captured elsewhere on the plant. Their δ15N values of up to 7.2‰ were higher than the average δ15N value of captured insects (mean δ15N value = 5.3‰). In leaves carrying old pitche...
An organism's fitness is determined by its strategy of resource allocation, i.e., the trade-off betw...
Nepenthes pitcher plants trap prey in specialized leaves formed into pitchers. Most lowland species ...
General EcologyNitrogen is a critical limiting nutrient for terrestrial plants, especially in the nu...
This study investigated the nitrogen (N) acquisition from soil and insect capture during the growth ...
This study investigated the nitrogen (N) acquisition from soil and insect capture during the growth ...
Since nitrogen is a limiting factor for most plants, those that grow in nitrogen deficient environme...
REUThe Purple Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea, is a carnivorous plant that lives in low-nitrogen ...
Many plants have evolved adaptations in order to survive in low nitrogen environments. One of the be...
BACKGROUND:Despite the large stocks of organic nitrogen in soil, nitrogen availability limits plant ...
Dionaea is a highly specialized carnivorous plant species with a unique mechanism for insect capture...
Natural selection acts on organisms in various ways, causing them to adapt to their environments and...
Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp., Nepenthaceae) trap and digest invertebrate prey to derive ...
The fluid-containing traps of Nepenthes carnivorous pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) are often inhabite...
[eng] Background and Aims Carnivorous plants can enhance photosynthetic efficiency in response to pr...
could directly take up intact amino acids in the field and compared uptake of organic and inorganic...
An organism's fitness is determined by its strategy of resource allocation, i.e., the trade-off betw...
Nepenthes pitcher plants trap prey in specialized leaves formed into pitchers. Most lowland species ...
General EcologyNitrogen is a critical limiting nutrient for terrestrial plants, especially in the nu...
This study investigated the nitrogen (N) acquisition from soil and insect capture during the growth ...
This study investigated the nitrogen (N) acquisition from soil and insect capture during the growth ...
Since nitrogen is a limiting factor for most plants, those that grow in nitrogen deficient environme...
REUThe Purple Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea, is a carnivorous plant that lives in low-nitrogen ...
Many plants have evolved adaptations in order to survive in low nitrogen environments. One of the be...
BACKGROUND:Despite the large stocks of organic nitrogen in soil, nitrogen availability limits plant ...
Dionaea is a highly specialized carnivorous plant species with a unique mechanism for insect capture...
Natural selection acts on organisms in various ways, causing them to adapt to their environments and...
Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp., Nepenthaceae) trap and digest invertebrate prey to derive ...
The fluid-containing traps of Nepenthes carnivorous pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) are often inhabite...
[eng] Background and Aims Carnivorous plants can enhance photosynthetic efficiency in response to pr...
could directly take up intact amino acids in the field and compared uptake of organic and inorganic...
An organism's fitness is determined by its strategy of resource allocation, i.e., the trade-off betw...
Nepenthes pitcher plants trap prey in specialized leaves formed into pitchers. Most lowland species ...
General EcologyNitrogen is a critical limiting nutrient for terrestrial plants, especially in the nu...