![]() ![]() ![]() PAF is made from a 3mm thick HDPE with a top return. Types of fencing Permanent amphibian fencing (PAF) We have experience of finding solutions in all these circumstances. Very often, there are specific difficulties in installing fencing, such as working around above-ground pipes and underground services or in made-ground that is composed largely of broken concrete or ballast. We undertake all wildlife fence installation, to exclude deer, badgers, rabbits and livestock. We supply and install pitfall traps and wildlife exclusion and containment fencing – from heavy duty HDPE panels for water voles, and continuous HDPE for amphibian and reptile fencing, to short term temporary fencing. The research published in the journal PhytoKeys.Where ecologists recommend trapping and translocation of protected species, our role is to put these recommendations into practice. "We hope that the discovery of this unique carnivorous plant might help protect Bornean rainforests, especially prevent or at least slow the conversion of pristine forests into oil palm plantations," said Wewin Tjiasmanto of Indonesian conservation group Yayasan Konservasi Biota Lahan Basah in Surabaya, who helped discover the new species. This discovery is important for nature conservation in Indonesian Borneo, which is a biodiversity hotspot. "Still, as we continued to find other pitcherless plants along the ascent to the summit, we wondered if a species of pitcher plant might have evolved towards loss of carnivory, as seen in some other carnivorous plants."īut then, when taking photos, Majesky said he tore a moss cushion from a tree base revealing a bunch of pitchers with a rich maroon hue. "At first, we thought it was an accidentally buried pitcher and that local environmental conditions had caused the lack of other pitchers," said Lubos Majesky of Palacky University Olomouc, who was part of the research team. An initial search showed a deformed pitcher protruding from the soil. ![]() The scientists noticed plants on the mountain they were exploring that very closely resembled Nepenthes but produced no pitchers. "Interestingly, we found numerous organisms living inside the pitchers, including mosquito larvae, nematodes and a species of worm, which was also described as a new species," said Vaclav Cermak of Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, who was also part of the research team. Only three other groups of carnivorous plants are known to trap underground prey, but they all use very different trapping mechanisms and, unlike Nepenthes pudica, can catch only minuscule organisms, the researchers said. "This species places its up-to-11-centimetre-long (4.3-inch-long) pitchers underground, where they are formed in cavities or directly in the soil and trap animals living underground, usually ants, mites and beetles," said lead study author Martin Dancak of Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic, in a news release. The pitchers are much larger than the leaves and have a reddish color. The plant forms specialized underground shoots with small, white, chlorophyll-free leaves, the researchers said. No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground. (One species is so large it can trap rats.) Like other pitcher plants, Nepenthes pudica has modified leaves, known as pitfall traps or pitchers, that its prey fall into before being consumed. The newly found species of pitcher plant was unearthed in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles. ![]()
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