Title

NUTRIENT STOICHIOMETRY OF NEPENTHES SPECIES FROM A BORNEAN PEAT SWAMP FOREST.

Authors

Brearley, Francis Q.; Mansur, Muhammad

Abstract

To shed light on the nature of nutrient limitation in carnivorous plant communities, we collected data on foliar nutrient concentrations and ratios from three Nepenthes species and one natural hybrid growing in peat swamp forests of southern Borneo. Due to their low foliar nitrogen concentrations and very low nitrogen:phosphorus ratios, our data strongly suggest that these species are limited by nitrogen availability.

Subjects

BORNEO; PLANT nutrients; CARNIVOROUS plants; PLANT communities; NEPENTHES; FORESTS & forestry; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS

Publication

Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 2012, Vol 41, Issue 3, p105

ISSN

0190-9215

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.55360/cpn413.fb162