ArticleAnnals of botany2013
Capture mechanism in Palaeotropical pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) is constrained by climate.
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- Potential effects of climate change on members of the Palaeotropical pitcher plant family Nepenthaceae.PloS one · 2017Article
- Different pitcher shapes and trapping syndromes explain resource partitioning in Nepenthes species.Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
- Mechanism for rapid passive-dynamic prey capture in a pitcher plant.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
- Fluid physico-chemical properties influence capture and diet in Nepenthes pitcher plants.Annals of botany · 2015Article
- Interspecific variation in prey capture behavior by co-occurring Nepenthes pitcher plants: evidence for resource partitioning or sampling-scheme artifacts?Plant signaling & behavior · 2014Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsNepenthes (Nepenthaceae, approx. 120 species) are carnivorous pitcher plants with a centre of diversity comprising the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi. Nepenthes pitchers use three main mechanisms for capturing prey: epicuticular waxes inside the pitcher; a wettable peristome (a collar-shaped structure around the opening); and viscoelastic fluid. Previous studies have provided evidence suggesting that the first mechanism may be more suited to seasonal climates, whereas the latter two might be more suited to perhumid environments. In this study, this idea was tested using climate envelope modelling.
methodsA total of 94 species, comprising 1978 populations, were grouped by prey capture mechanism (large peristome, small peristome, waxy, waxless, viscoelastic, non-viscoelastic, 'wet' syndrome and 'dry' syndrome). Nineteen bioclimatic variables were used to model habitat suitability at approx. 1 km resolution for each group, using Maxent, a presence-only species distribution modelling program. KEY
resultsPrey capture groups putatively associated with perhumid conditions (large peristome, waxless, viscoelastic and 'wet' syndrome) had more restricted areas of probable habitat suitability than those associated putatively with less humid conditions (small peristome, waxy, non-viscoelastic and'dry' syndrome). Overall, the viscoelastic group showed the most restricted area of modelled suitable habitat.
conclusionsThe current study is the first to demonstrate that the prey capture mechanism in a carnivorous plant is constrained by climate. Nepenthes species employing peristome-based and viscoelastic fluid-based capture are largely restricted to perhumid regions; in contrast, the wax-based mechanism allows successful capture in both perhumid and more seasonal areas. Possible reasons for the maintenance of peristome-based and viscoelastic fluid-based capture mechanisms in Nepenthes are discussed in relation to the costs and benefits associated with a given prey capture strategy.
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