Tree shrew lavatories: a novel nitrogen sequestration strategy in a tropical pitcher plant
Nepenthes pitcher plants are typically carnivorous, producing pitchers with varying combinations of epicuticular wax crystals, viscoelastic fluids and slippery peristomes to trap arthropod prey, especially ants. However, ant densities are low in tropical montane habitats, thereby limiting the potent...
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| Format: | E-Article |
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The Royal Society
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6982/ http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/5/632.short |
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