Carnivorous plants - Mass march of termites into the deadly trap
Carnivorous plants - Mass march of termites into the deadly trap
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DOI：
10.1038/415036a
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发表时间：
2002-01-03
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
Zizka, G
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作者：
Merbach, MA;Merbach, DJ;Zizka, G
猪笼草属的肉食性猪笼草通常对猎物不太挑剔，它们会捕捉任何粗心到在它们光滑的肠壁上行走的东西，但猪笼草是个例外。我们在这里展示了这种植物用一圈可食用的白色毛发来引诱和诱捕它的猎物，这些猎物完全由大量的白蚁组成。这个独特的特征解释了n的专门化。为一个猎物分类群，在食肉植物中迄今为止是独一无二的。
Carnivorous pitcher plants of the genusNepenthesare not usually very selective about their prey, catching anything that is careless enough to walk on their slippery peristome, butNepenthes albomarginatais an exception. We show here that this plant uses a fringe of edible white hairs to lure and then trap its prey, which consists exclusively of termites in enormous numbers. This singular feature accounts for the specialization ofN. albomarginatafor one prey taxon, unique so far among carnivorous plants.