Convergence between the microcosms of Southeast Asian and North American pitcher plants

• Main Authors: Bittleston, Leonora S., Wolock, Charles J., Yahya, Bakhtiar Effendi, Chan, Xin Yue, Chan, Kok Gan, Pierce, Naomi E., Pringle, Anne
• Format: Article
• Published: eLife Sciences Publications 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22303/; https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36741.001

The ‘pitchers’ of carnivorous pitcher plants are exquisite examples of convergent evolution. An open question is whether the living communities housed in pitchers also converge in structure or function. Using samples from more than 330 field-collected pitchers of eight species of Southeast Asian Nep...