Ubergeek reading list

[Anoxos]

Well, with the occasional bit of time to spare, I may as well post a link or two to some very technical but potentially educational and fascinating scientific papers relating to CPs I discover here and there on the web.

All the articles I link to here are free, and almost all should be in pdf format. If you like an article, I suggest you save a copy of the pdf. Many scholarly journals are restricting access to their archives to subscribers only, so I can't guarantee that these articles will remain available indefinitely...

General Morphology:
Molecular Rates Parallel Diversification Contrasts between Carnivorous Plant Sister lineages

 

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Aldrovanda Articles:
Molecular evidence for the common origin of snap-traps among carnivorous plants

 

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Byblis Articles:
A Fossil Byblidaceae Seed from Eocene South Australia (only the abstract, but too cool to ignore)

 

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Cephalotus Articles:

 

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Darlingtonia Articles:

 

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Dionaea Articles:
Molecular evidence for the common origin of snap-traps among carnivorous plants

Quantification of insect nitrogen utilization by the venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula catching prey with highly variable isotope signatures

 

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Drosera Articles:
Phylogeny of the sundews, Drosera (Droseraceae), based on chloroplast rbcL and nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA Sequences

Effects of competition and litter on a carnivorous plant, Drosera capillaris (Droseraceae)

 

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Drosophyllum Articles:

 

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Genlisea Articles:

 

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Heliamphora Articles:

 

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Nepenthes Articles:
Aspects of Pitcher Morphology and Spectral Characteristics of Six Bornean Nepenthes Pitcher Plant Species: Implications for Prey Capture

Structure and development of the pitchers from the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata (Nepenthaceae)

Pathways for Nutrient Transport in the Pitchers of the Carnivorous Plant Nepenthes alata

Termite Prey Specialization in the Pitcher Plant Nepenthes albomarginata - Evidence from Stable Isotope Analysis

Structure and properties of the glandular surface in the digestive zone of the pitcher in the carnivorous plant Nepenthes ventrata and its role in insect trapping and retention

 

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Pinguicula Articles:
Patterns of prey capture and prey availability among populations of the carnivorous plant Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae) along an environmental gradient

Consequences of preformation for dynamic resource allocation by a carnivorous herb, Pinguicula vulgaris (Lentibulariaceae)

 

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Sarracenia Articles:
Genetics of Sarracenia leaf and flower color

Interspecific and intraspecific variation in seed size and germination requirements of Sarracenia (Sarraceniaceae)

A demographic analysis of fire-stimulated seedling establishment of Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae)

Short-term effects of fire and competition on growth and plasticity of the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae)

Inbreeding, outbreeding, and heterosis in the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava (Sarraceniaceae), in Virginia

Resource and Top-Predator Regulation in the Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Inquiline Community

Nitrogen availability alters the expression of carnivory in the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea

Efficiency of Insect Capture by Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae), the Northern Pitcher Plant

Analysis of amino acids in nectar from pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)

Seed dispersal and seedling establishment of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)

Signal Transduction in the Carnivorous Plant Sarracenia purpurea (Regulation of Secretory Hydrolase Expression during Development and in Response to Resources)

Allozyme diversity in the endangered pitcher plant Sarracenia rubra ssp. Alabamensis (Sarraceniaceae) and its close relative S. rubra ssp. rubra

 

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Utricularia Articles:
Developmental Genetics and Morphological Evolution of Flowering Plants, Especially Bladderworts (Utricularia): Fuzzy Arberian Morphology Complements Classical Morphology

Botanica - Ferdinand Bauer's field drawings of endemic Western Australian plants made at King George Sound and Lucky Bay, December 1801 (article analyzes the artist's work, but also reproduces the drawings, which contain depictions of several Utric species)

Bladder function in Utricularia purpurea (Lentibulariaceae): is carnivory important?

 

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Roridula Articles:
Natural Abundance of 15N Confirms Insectivorous Habit of Roridula gorgonias, Despite it Having No Proteolytic Enzymes

Facilitated selfing offers reproductive assurance: a mutualism between a hemipteran and carnivorous plant

 

[jimscott]

Whoa, I better look at these links on that much faster pc at work! Thank you for providing them for us. Lotsa good research being done!

 

[Anoxos]

I'll keep updating the list as I find more.

But the whole idea was to bring a tiny bit of attention to all the work being done. These are from a half-dozen different journals, so unless you have every subscription under the sun, you probably wouldn't ever see these otherwise. There were more, but they weren't free...

 

[Treaqum]

In his months Audobon (sp?) is a simple article on Drosera. Interesting.

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

Book marked this to read later. Thanks for all the links. They should keep me busy for a while

 

[Anoxos]

No problem. If you find other articles, PM or email me and I'll edit the posts to add them on the list in the appropriate categories... Hmm. And maybe a mod could shift this topic to the articles category so it doesn't get lost?