What is it about?
Carnivorous plants face an apparent dilemma - reproduction or feeding ? Do they eat their pollinators - no. How do they avoid that ?
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Why is it important?
This is an important paper because of the experimental evidence presented, on what has largely been theoretical ecology.
Perspectives
Natural ecosystems are intrinsically fascinating. Studies of how organisms interact between animal and plant kingdoms, as here, can greatly expand our horizons to consider such interactions in other systems, including those involving global food supply. By taking the time to tease apart natural systems and to understand the conversations of nature, we can look at ways of applying this knowledge on more applied problems.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: Pollinator-prey conflicts in carnivorous plants: When flower and trap properties mean life or death, Scientific Reports, February 2016, Nature,
DOI: 10.1038/srep21065.
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