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And now, for some good reading;
World Of Carnivores- Great Resource for Tissue Culture infoArticles:
Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Vol. 46, 2004 - Transfer Cell Wall Architecture in Secretory Hairs of Ultrcularia intermedia Traps (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 1, 2001 - Bladder function in Utricularia purpurea (Lentibulariaceae): is carnivory important? (free)
Freshwater Biology, Vol. 47, no. 9, 2002 - The effect of bladderwort (Utricularia) predation on microcrustacean prey
Independant Paper, 2001 - Importance of Prey Derived and Absorbed Nitrogen to New Growth; Preferential Uptake of Ammonia or Nitrate for Three Species of Utricularia (free)
New Phytologist, Vol. 159, no. 3, 2003 - Enzymatic activities in traps of four aquatic species of the carnivorous genus Utricularia
PNAS, Vol. 101, no. 52, 2004 - Adaptive evolution of cytochrome c oxidase: Infrastructure for a carnivorous plant radiation (free)
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) (free)
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
Pay-Access Roridula Articles:
The phylogenetic relationships of Byblis and Roridula (Byblidaceae-Roridulaceae) inferred from partial 18S ribosomal RNA sequences
Free Microscopic CP Articles:
Ultrastructure of Nematode-Trapping Fungi
The Effects of Volatile Compounds from Nematodes on Trap Formation by a Nematode-Trapping Fungus
Binding Characteristics of Lectins Involved in the Trapping of Nematodes by Fungi
General CP Articles:
Annals of Botany, Vol. 87, no. 2, 2001 - First Nuclear DNA C-values for 25 Angiosperm Families (includes 5 various carnivorous species)(free)
Cladistics, Vol. 18, 2002 - Molecular Rates Parallel Diversification Contrasts between Carnivorous Plant Sister lineages(free)
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 17, 1988 - Carnivorous Plants in Micronesia (free)
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Vol. 80, no. 3, 1997 - Inselberg vegetation and the biodiversity of granite outcrops(free)
Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 26, no. 2, 1876 - Insectivorous plants (1875 Charles Darwin book, not free, but in pdf format)
Insectivorous Plants (Charles Darwin's 1875 book, not a pdf, but still free and the whole text!)
Writing plant names A Different Side of Conservation by Brooks Garcia
Ok, Ok, a Few Not-So-Technical Articles:
Chem Matters, Dec 1993 - Carnivorous Plants (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 89(9), 2002 - Molecular evidence for the common origin of snap-traps among carnivorous plants (free)
Aquatic Botany, Vol. 59, no. 3, Dec. 1997 -Photosynthetic characteristics of the aquatic carnivorous plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Aquatic Botany, Vol. 75, 2003 - Genetic variation within the endangered species Aldrovanda vesiculosa (Droseraceae) as revealed by RAPD analysis (free)
Ekologia Polska, Vol. 35, No. 3-4, 1987 - *Studies on the Ecology of Aldrovanda vesiculosa L.: I. Ecological Differentiation of A. vesiculosa Population Under the Influence of Chemical Factors in the Habitat Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol 12, no. 9, 1862 - *Eine Exkursion auf den Rohác
German language Botanical journal entry(free)
Same entry in french (free)
Australian Journal of Botany, Vol. 50, no. 5, 2002 - Chromosome numbers in Byblidaceae
Australian Systematic Botany, Vol. 6, no. 2, 1993 - Byblis liniflora subsp. occidentalis (Biblidaceae) A new species from north-western Australia
International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 165, 2004 - A Fossil Byblidaceae Seed from Eocene South Australia
Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 188, no. 1-2, 1993 - The phylogenetic relationships of Byblis and Roridula (Byblidaceae-Roridulaceae) inferred from partial 18S ribosomal RNA sequences
Oecologia, Vol. 112, no. 4, 1997 - The nitrogen supply from soils and insects during growth of the pitcher plants Nepenthes mirabilis, Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 92, no. 7, 2005 - The Cost of Carnivory for Darlingtonia californica (Sarraceniaceae): Evidence from relationships among leaf traits (free)
Oecologia, Vol. 112, no. 4, 1997 - The nitrogen supply from soils and insects during growth of the pitcher plants Nepenthes mirabilis, Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 89(9), 2002 - Molecular evidence for the common origin of snap-traps among carnivorous plants (free)
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 52, no. 358, 2001 - Quantification of insect nitrogen utilization by the venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula catching prey with highly variable isotope signatures (free)
Planta, Vol. 174, no. 1, 1988 - The action potential of Dionaea muscipula Ellis
Planta, Vol. 179, no. 1, 1989 - On the mechanism of trap closure of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis)
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Vol. 88, no. 1-2, 1995 - Sterol Composition and Distribution in Canivorous Plants, Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia purpurea, and Dionaea muscipula (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, no. 11, 1998 - Effects of competition and litter on a carnivorous plant, Drosera capillaris (Droseraceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 90, no. 1, 2003 - Phylogeny of the sundews, Drosera (Droseraceae), based on chloroplast rbcL and nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA Sequences (free)
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol. 47, no. 4, 2004 - Microhabitat preferences of six Drosera (Droseraceae) from Tibagi river basin, Paraná state, Brazil (free)
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 9, 1980 - Drosera regia (free)
Materials of White Sea Expedition, Vol. 1, 2001 - Aspects of ecology of Drosera rotundifolia at the White Sea coast (free)
Materials of White Sea Expedition, Vol. 2, 2002 - The behaviour of Drosera *rotundifolia *L. (Droseraceae) trapping leaves in natural habitats (free)
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janiero, Vol. 99, no. 7, 2004 - Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Investigation of Brazilian Drosera (free)
Plant Biosystems, Vol. 138, no. 2, 2004 - The genus Drosera L. in northern Italy: pollen morphology as a taxonomic tool
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Vol. 17, 1999- Isolation of High Quality DNA and RNA from Leaves of the Carnivorous Plant Drosera rotundiflora (free)
Drosophyllum Articles:
Biotechnology Letters, Vol. 18, no. 12, 1996 - The chemical/osmotic conditions for growth and plumbagin accumulation of Drosophyllum lusitanicum Link. suspension cultures
Biotechnology Letters, Vol. 20, no. 9, 1998 - Elicitation of plumbagin by chitin and its release into the medium in Drosophyllum lusitanicum Link. suspension cultures
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 140, no. 4, 2002 - Drosophyllum lusitanicum, an endangered West Mediterranean endemic carnivorous plant: threats and its ability to control available resources
Diversity & Distributions, Vol. 9, no. 5, 2003 - Regional differences in land use affect population performance of the threatened insectivorous plant Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Droseraceae)
Phytochemistry, Vol. 61, no. 4, 2002 - Naphthalene glucoside and other phenolics from the shoot and callus cultures of Drosophyllum lusitanicum
Plant Biology, Vol. 2, 2002 - Molecular Phylogeny of Caryophyllidae s.l. Based on MatK Sequences with Special Emphasis on Carnivorous Taxa (A paper on why Drosophyllum probably isn't really part of the Droseraceae group)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, no. 10, 1999 - Structure and development of the pitchers from the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata (Nepenthaceae) (free)
Annals of Botany, Vol. 83, no. 5, 1999 - Aspects of Pitcher Morphology and Spectral Characteristics of Six Bornean Nepenthes Pitcher Plant Species: Implications for Prey Capture (free)
Annals of Botany, Vol. 84, no. 4, 1999 - Pathways for Nutrient Transport in the Pitchers of the Carnivorous Plant Nepenthes alata (free)
Annals of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 2, 2001 - Termite Prey Specialization in the Pitcher Plant Nepenthes albomarginata - Evidence from Stable Isotope Analysis (free)
Australian Journal of Entomology, Vol. 41, no. 1, 2002 - Nepenthacarus, a new genus of Histiostomatidae (Acari: Astigmata) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce in Far North Queensland, Australia
Biochemical Journal, 2004 - Enzymatic and structural characterization of nepenthesin, a unique member of a novel subfamily of aspartic proteinases (free)
Ecological Entomology, Vol. 25, no. 3, 2000 - Resource input and the community structure of larval infaunas of an eastern tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes bicalcarata
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 207, no. 17, 2004 - 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 (free)
New Phytologist, Vol. 156, no. 3, 2002 - Function of epidermal surfaces in the trapping efficiency of Nepenthes alata pitchers
Plant Journal, Vol. 17, no. 6, 1999 - Transporters for ammonium, amino acids and peptides are expressed in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, no. 8, 1999 - Consequences of preformation for dynamic resource allocation by a carnivorous herb, Pinguicula vulgaris (Lentibulariaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 90, no. 9, 2003 - Patterns of prey capture and prey availability among populations of the carnivorous plant Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae) along an environmental gradient (free)
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, Vol. 75, 2002 - Importancia de la heterogeneidad ambiental en la ecologia de plantas carnivoras mediterraneas: implicaciones para la conservacion (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 84, no. 12, 1997 - Analysis of amino acids in nectar from pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, no. 1, 1998 - Efficiency of Insect Capture by Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae), the Northern Pitcher Plant (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, no. 6, 1998 - Allozyme diversity in the endangered pitcher plant Sarracenia rubra ssp. Alabamensis (Sarraceniaceae) and its close relative S. rubra ssp. rubra (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, no. 9, 1999 - Short-term effects of fire and competition on growth and plasticity of the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 87, no. 11, 2000 - Inbreeding, outbreeding, and heterosis in the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava (Sarraceniaceae), in Virginia (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 3, 2001 - Interspecific and intraspecific variation in seed size and germination requirements of Sarracenia (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 7, 2001 - A demographic analysis of fire-stimulated seedling establishment of Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 89, no. 6, 2002 - Seed dispersal and seedling establishment of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 26 - Genetics of Sarracenia leaf and flower color (free)
Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 12, no. 1, 2005 - Red Spotted Newts: An Unusual Nutrient Source for Northern Pitcher Plants (free)
Plant Physiology, Vol. 115, 1997 - Signal Transduction in the Carnivorous Plant Sarracenia purpurea (free)
PNAS, Vol. 99, no. 7, 2002 - Nitrogen availability alters the expression of carnivory in the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea (free)
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Vol. 88, no. 1-2, 1995 - Sterol Composition and Distribution in Canivorous Plants, Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia purpurea, and Dionaea muscipula (free)