This book is a synthesis of the latest research on carnivorous plants, focusing on their physiology, ecology, evolution, and future conservation and research efforts.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part I: Overview
- 1: Aaron M. Ellison and Lubomír Adamec: Introduction
- 2: J. Stephen Brewer and Jan Schlauer: Biogeography and habitats of carnivorous plants
- 3: Andreas Fleischmann, Jan Schlauer, Stephen A. Smith, and Thomas J. Givnish: Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms
- Part II: Systematics and evolution of carnivorous plants
- 4: Andreas Fleischmann, Adam T. Cross, Robert Gibson, Paulo M. Gonella, and Kingsley W. Dixon: Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae
- 5: Charles Clarke, Jan Schlauer, Jonathan Moran, and Alastair Robinson: Systematics and evolution of Nepenthes
- 6: Andreas Fleischmann and Aymeric Roccia: Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: I. Pinguicula
- 7: Andreas Fleischmann: Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: II. Genlisea
- 8: Richard W. Jobson, Paulo C. Baleeiro, and Cástor Guisande: Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: III. Utricularia
- 9: Robert F.C. Naczi: Systematics and evolution of Sarraceniaceae
- 10: Adam T. Cross, Maria Paniw, André Vito Scatigna, Nick Kalfas, Bruce Anderson, Thomas J. Givnish, and Andreas Fleischmann: Systematics and evolution of small genera of carnivorous plants
- 11: Tanya Renner, Tianying Lan, Kimberly M. Farr, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Luis Herrera- Esrella, Stephan C. Schuster, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Kenji Fukushima, and Victor A. Albert: Carnivorous plant genomes
- Part III: Physiology, form, and function
- 12: John D. Horner, Bartosz J. Plachno, Ulrike Bauer, and Bruno Di Giusto: Attraction of prey
- 13: Bartosz J. Plachno and Lyudmila E. Muravnik: Functional anatomy of carnivorous traps
- 14: Simon Poppinga, Ulrike Bauer, Thomas Speck, and Alexander G. Volkov: Motile traps
- 15: Ulrike Bauer, Reinhard Jetter, and Simon Poppinga: Non-motile traps
- 16: Ildikó Matušiková, Andrej Pavlovic, and Tanya Renner: Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
- 17: Lubomír Adamec and Andrej Pavlovic: Mineral nutrition of terrestrial carnivorous plants
- 18: Thomas J. Givnish, K. William Sparks, Steven J. Hunter, and Andrej Pavlovic: Why are plants carnivorous? Cost/benefit analysis, whole-plant growth, and the context- specific advantages of botanical carnivory
- 19: Lubomír Adamec: Ecophysiology of aquatic carnivorous plants
- 20: Laurent Legendre and Douglas W. Darnowski: Biotechnology with carnivorous plants
- Part IV: Ecology
- 21: Douglas W. Darnowski, Ulrike Bauer, Marcos Méndez, John D. Horner, and Bartosz J. Plachno: Prey selection and specialization by carnivorous plants
- 22: Adam T. Cross, Arthur R. Davis, Andreas Fleischmann, John D. Horner, Andreas Jürgens, David J. Merritt, Gillian L. Murza, and Shane R. Turner: Reproductive biology and prey-pollinator conflicts
- 23: Leonora S. Bittleston: Commensals of Nepenthes pitchers
- 24: Thomas E. Miller, William E. Bradshaw, and Christina M. Holzapfel: Pitcher-plant communities as model systems for addressing fundamental questions in ecology and evolution
- 25: Dagmara Sirová, Jirí Bárta, Jakub Borovec, and Jaroslav Vrba: The Utricularia-associated microbiome: composition, function, and ecology
- 26: Jonathan A. Moran, Bruce Anderson, Lijin Chin, Melinda Greenwood, and Charles Clarke: Nutritional mutualisms of Nepenthes and Roridula
- Part V: The future of carnivorous plants
- 27: Charles Clarke, Adam Ross, and Barry Rice: Conservation of carnivorous plants
- 28: Matthew C. Fitzpatrick and Aaron M. Ellison: Estimating the exposure of carnivorous plants to rapid climatic change
- 29: Aaron M. Ellison and Lubomír Adamec: The future of research with carnivorous plants
