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Prey Capture Success by Established and Introduced Populations of the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

John J. Hutchens Jr and James O. Luken
Ecological Restoration, June 2015, 33 (2) 171-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.2.171
John J. Hutchens Jr
(corresponding author), Department of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA 29528-6054, .
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Department of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA 29528-6054.
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