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3-D images of the digestive gland surface of the pitcher plant Nepenthes ventrata (white-light interferometry). To investigate the role of the glandular digestive zone in the trapping mechanism of the pitcher, structural, mechanical and physico-chemical studies were applied and combined with insect behavioural experiments (see article by E. Gorb et al. on pp. 2947-2963). The results suggest that the glandular surface decreases attachment ability in insects with smooth adhesive pads but has less influence on attachment of insects with hairy pads.
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