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Research Paper

Interspecific variation in prey capture behavior by co-occurring Nepenthes pitcher plants

Evidence for resource partitioning or sampling-scheme artifacts?

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Article: e27930 | Received 19 Dec 2013, Accepted 21 Jan 2014, Published online: 30 Jan 2014

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