Red trap colour of the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia does not serve a prey attraction or camouflage function

The traps of many carnivorous plants are red in colour. This has been widely hypothesized to serve a prey attraction function; colour has also been hypothesized to function as camouflage, preventing prey avoidance. We tested these two hypotheses in situ for the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia...

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Main Authors: G.W. Foot, Stephen Rice, Jonathan Millett
Format: Default Article
Published: 2014
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Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified
Plant - insect interactions
Leaf colour
Carnivorous plants
Drosera rotundifolia
Prey attraction
Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/17473
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