In tropical mountains, the number of insects declines with increasing altitude. This intensifies in high altitudes competition between plant species that specialize in catching insects as an important source of nutrients. How creatively some of these plant species have reacted to this situation is shown by an international research team with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gebauer from the University of Bayreuth in the "Annals of Botany". In mountain regions on Borneo, some species of the pitcher plant Nepenthes have changed their diet: With their traps, which originally served to capture insects, they catch the excrement of mammals and are thus even better supplied with nutrients than before.
BayCEER Colloquium: |
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Th. 2024-04-18 The Canvas of Change: Creative Marketing for Behaviour Change, Sustainability and Social Good |
Th. 2024-04-18 Survival, 'dormancy', and resuscitation of microorganisms in water-limited environments: insights from coastal salt flats and desert soil crusts |
BayCEER Short Courses: |
Tu. 2024-04-16 Geographical information system and R environment for conservation biology |
Ecological-Botanical Garden: |
Su. 2024-04-07 Führung | Talking Tree: Was Bäume über´s Klima erzählen |
Fr. 2024-04-19 Führung | Gesteine im Ökologisch-Botanischen Garten |