Carnivorous plants - like all plants - can make food from the sun's energy and carbon dioxide in the air and water from the ground. The insects that the carnivorous plants eat are devoured not for food but for the minerals they provide.
Unique Ecosystems/Habitats
Our unique ecosystems program area has focused on essential components for the overall integrity of each ecosystem. For example, the role of soil fungi in the below ground ecosystem of western North America is crucial for our understanding how trees get nutrients. The co-evolution of both animals and insects are of paramount importance to forest ecosystem dynamics. Global Forest is involved in numerous projects investigating trees, plants, soil fungus, bacteria, insects, and animals which are all critical to understanding in order to protect these unique ecosystems.
GF Research
Our unique ecosystems program area has focused on essential components for the overall integrity of each ecosystem. For example, the role of soil fungi in the below ground ecosystem of western North America is crucial for our understanding how trees get nutrients. The co-evolution of both animals and insects are of paramount importance to forest ecosystem dynamics. Global Forest is involved in numerous projects investigating trees, plants, soil fungus, bacteria, insects, and animals which are all critical to understanding in order to protect these unique ecosystems.
