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CP "Ubergeek" Reading List

Well, with the occasional bit of time to spare, I may as well post a link or two to some very technical but potentially educational and fascinating scientific papers relating to CPs I discover here and there on the web.

Last Edit of this thread: 9 January 2006

I originally only posted free articles on this thread, but more and more scholarly journal sites are pay-access only. So now I've started also listing articles that are pay-access as well, but you can read abstracts for free. If the article you want to read isn't free, try checking a local college or university library, they may have an online 'subscription' to some of these journals, so you can read the full text there. Or you can order a paper copy of the article in question through Inter-Library Loan at your public library, possibly free or at a lesser charge than buying it online.

General CP Articles:
Annals of Botany, Vol. 87, no. 2, 2001 - First Nuclear DNA C-values for 25 Angiosperm Families (includes 5 various carnivorous species)(free)
Cladistics, Vol. 18, 2002 - Molecular Rates Parallel Diversification Contrasts between Carnivorous Plant Sister lineages(free)
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 17, 1988 - Carnivorous Plants in Micronesia (free)
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Vol. 80, no. 3, 1997 - Inselberg vegetation and the biodiversity of granite outcrops(free)
Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 26, no. 2, 1876 - Insectivorous plants (1875 Charles Darwin book, not free, but in pdf format)
Insectivorous Plants (Charles Darwin's 1875 book, not a pdf, but still free and the whole text!)

Ok, Ok, a Few Not-So-Technical Articles:
Chem Matters, Dec 1993 - Carnivorous Plants (free)
 
Byblis Articles:
Australian Journal of Botany, Vol. 50, no. 5, 2002 - Chromosome numbers in Byblidaceae
Australian Systematic Botany, Vol. 6, no. 2, 1993 - Byblis liniflora subsp. occidentalis (Biblidaceae) A new species from north-western Australia
International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 165, 2004 - A Fossil Byblidaceae Seed from Eocene South Australia
Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 188, no. 1-2, 1993 - The phylogenetic relationships of Byblis and Roridula (Byblidaceae-Roridulaceae) inferred from partial 18S ribosomal RNA sequences
 
Drosera Articles:
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, no. 11, 1998 - Effects of competition and litter on a carnivorous plant, Drosera capillaris (Droseraceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 90, no. 1, 2003 - Phylogeny of the sundews, Drosera (Droseraceae), based on chloroplast rbcL and nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA Sequences (free)
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol. 47, no. 4, 2004 - Microhabitat preferences of six Drosera (Droseraceae) from Tibagi river basin, Paraná state, Brazil (free)
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 9, 1980 - Drosera regia (free)
Materials of White Sea Expedition, Vol. 1, 2001 - Aspects of ecology of Drosera rotundifolia at the White Sea coast (free)
Materials of White Sea Expedition, Vol. 2, 2002 - The behaviour of Drosera  rotundifolia  L. (Droseraceae) trapping leaves in natural habitats (free)
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janiero, Vol. 99, no. 7, 2004 - Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Investigation of Brazilian Drosera (free)
Plant Biosystems, Vol. 138, no. 2, 2004 - The genus Drosera L. in northern Italy: pollen morphology as a taxonomic tool
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Vol. 17, 1999- Isolation of High Quality DNA and RNA from Leaves of the Carnivorous Plant Drosera rotundiflora (free)
 
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Heliamphora Articles:
 
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Nepenthes Articles:
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, no. 10, 1999 - Structure and development of the pitchers from the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata (Nepenthaceae) (free)
Annals of Botany, Vol. 83, no. 5, 1999 - Aspects of Pitcher Morphology and Spectral Characteristics of Six Bornean Nepenthes Pitcher Plant Species: Implications for Prey Capture (free)
Annals of Botany, Vol. 84, no. 4, 1999 - Pathways for Nutrient Transport in the Pitchers of the Carnivorous Plant Nepenthes alata (free)
Annals of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 2, 2001 - Termite Prey Specialization in the Pitcher Plant Nepenthes albomarginata - Evidence from Stable Isotope Analysis (free)
Australian Journal of Entomology, Vol. 41, no. 1, 2002 - Nepenthacarus, a new genus of Histiostomatidae (Acari: Astigmata) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce in Far North Queensland, Australia
Biochemical Journal, 2004 - Enzymatic and structural characterization of nepenthesin, a unique member of a novel subfamily of aspartic proteinases (free)
Ecological Entomology, Vol. 25, no. 3, 2000 - Resource input and the community structure of larval infaunas of an eastern tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes bicalcarata
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 207, no. 17, 2004 - Structure and properties of the glandular surface in the digestive zone of the pitcher in the carnivorous plant Nepenthes ventrata and its role in insect trapping and retention (free)
New Phytologist, Vol. 156, no. 3, 2002 - Function of epidermal surfaces in the trapping efficiency of Nepenthes alata pitchers
Plant Journal, Vol. 17, no. 6, 1999 - Transporters for ammonium, amino acids and peptides are expressed in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes (free)
PNAS, Vol. 101, no. 39, 2004 - Insect aquaplaning: Nepenthes pitcher plants capture prey with the peristome, a fully wettable water-lubricated anisotropic surface (free)
 
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Sarracenia Articles:
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 84, no. 12, 1997 - Analysis of amino acids in nectar from pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, no. 1, 1998 - Efficiency of Insect Capture by Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae), the Northern Pitcher Plant (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, no. 6, 1998 - Allozyme diversity in the endangered pitcher plant Sarracenia rubra ssp. Alabamensis (Sarraceniaceae) and its close relative S. rubra ssp. rubra (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, no. 9, 1999 - Short-term effects of fire and competition on growth and plasticity of the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 87, no. 11, 2000 - Inbreeding, outbreeding, and heterosis in the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava (Sarraceniaceae), in Virginia (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 3, 2001 - Interspecific and intraspecific variation in seed size and germination requirements of Sarracenia (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, no. 7, 2001 - A demographic analysis of fire-stimulated seedling establishment of Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
American Journal of Botany, Vol. 89, no. 6, 2002 - Seed dispersal and seedling establishment of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) (free)
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 26 - Genetics of Sarracenia leaf and flower color (free)
Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 12, no. 1, 2005 - Red Spotted Newts: An Unusual Nutrient Source for Northern Pitcher Plants (free)
Plant Physiology, Vol. 115, 1997 - Signal Transduction in the Carnivorous Plant Sarracenia purpurea (free)
PNAS, Vol. 99, no. 7, 2002 - Nitrogen availability alters the expression of carnivory in the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea (free)
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Vol. 88, no. 1-2, 1995 - Sterol Composition and Distribution in Canivorous Plants, Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia purpurea, and Dionaea muscipula (free)
 
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Moved to Articles Forum so we don't lose sight of this great resource.  
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Anyone wishing to make comments on the articles, please do so in a separate topic in the appropriate forum. You can post a link to the article you're referencing. That will help keep this topic clean and on track.

Thanks for the contribution!
 
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