Yes, definitely. Actually, I may get a chance to go to Canada (PEI and
possibly Labrador) this summer. I will try to collect some samples then.
If you have suggestions on where to look, I'm all ears (eyes?). I'd
ultimately like to sample pitchers throughout the entire geographic range
of the plants including the introduced populations, and look for the
distribution patterns of the symbionts. A friend of mine who also worked
on _S. purpurea_ critters for his dissertation did a good deal of work in
Labrador and I believe Newfoundland. We know that at least 2 of the insect
species as well as the rotifer species found in US pitchers are found there
as well.
Regards,
Liane
>Along the same lines as the above, would a comparison of _S. purpurea_ in
>the U.S. and _S. purpurea_ in it's northern most natural habitat in
>Labrador, Canada, be of any interest?
>
>
>Rand Nicholson (writserv@mi.net)
>Canada
Liane Cochran-Stafira
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution
The University of Chicago
1101 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637-5415
phone: 312-702-1930
e-mail: lcochran@midway.uchicago.edu