Sentences with phrase «guano from»

The scientists examined bat guano from a cave in northwestern Romania to produce new insight into how the climate in east - central Europe has changed since the Medieval Warm Period, about 850 AD.

Malcolm Beck from Texas, harvests and sells guano from Bracken Cave through his organic gardening emporium, Garden - Ville.

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From the late 1960s through the early»70s, the denizens of this tiny Pacific island were the wealthiest people on the planet per capita, due to the dense and valuable guano deposits left on the island by fish - eating seabirds over a period of eons.

Guano Australia operates from its Australian Head Office based in Buderim, Queensland, from modern well equipped facilities and is strategically posed to lead the organic fertiliser industry well into the 21st century and beyond.

John Kismet Jashar commenced operations for Guano Australia Pty Ltd in the early 90s, from Shepparton Victoria.

Over the past 25 years, Guano Australia has grown from strength to strength to become a national fertiliser company.

When doing so they said that they had two different kinds, one from Mexican bats (which had a higher nitrogen content), and the other domestic bat guano, which has a nutrient ratio of 3 -8-1.

Hello Dave, We added Chiltepin and Piquin seed to our product line of chile pepper seeds, and I understand that the wild Chiltepins germinate quicker when treated — I am trying the same procedure that eventually got my Galapagos chile seeds started: I just soaked them overnight in mild guano solution.Question... From your Encyclopedia (I love that book!)

JANUARY 1860 FIELDS AND FERTILIZER — «A very valuable letter has lately been written by Professor Liebig, the eminent chemist at Munich, in Bavaria: «In consequence of the farmer restoring with guano and bones but a small portion of the very same elements of seeds and of fodder which had been withdrawn from his fields by centuries of cultivation, their products are wonderfully increased.

Using new chemical analyses of penguin guano extracted in sediment cores from a lake on the island, the researchers unraveled the history of the penguin colony.

Lead author Dr Steve Roberts from BAS says: «When we first examined the sediment cores we were struck by the intense smell of the guano in some layers and we could also clearly see the volcanic ash layers from nearby Deception Island.

«Thus, we were able to track nitrogen from bat guano into the seeds of Dipteryx trees,» explains IZW scientist Christian Voigt.

When nitrogen isotopes change in response to variation in winter precipitation over the past 2,000 years, this signature is transferred from the soil to plant leaves to insect to bat and ultimately guano.

The remotely - sensed images were then analysed using a supervised classification method to separate penguins from snow, shadow and guano.

More than 1,300 species of bats roam the planet playing ecological roles that are vital to natural ecosystems and human economies — from pollinating plants and keeping insect populations in check, to making valuable fertilizer (guano) and dispersing seeds.

Bird Watching from the Beach Just off Rodeo Beach, Bird Island's white, guano - covered crags are thronged with cormorants, gulls, and pelicans, which can be watched from shore.

WARNING: Western Gulls Nesting on Anacapa Island From April Through Mid-August During this time, visitors will encounter seabird rookery conditions: guano, strong odor, constant noise, bird carcasses, and birds protecting their territory.

But the pink granite erodes the same way, leaving arches to frame your view of the guano - spattered seabird rocks jutting from the surf.

The name «White Cape» is derived from the encrusted guano that covers the rocks.

During a National Geographic expedition to an island in the Seychelles once ravaged by the guano industry, he was drawn towards a «powerful rhythmic grunting» coming from dense bushes, he writes, and was «delighted to find that it was two giant tortoises mating — a beautiful thing to witness.»

However, SWFs are not confined to energy resources; Asian funds reinvest general trade surpluses and, believe it or not, one of the earliest funds, in Kiribati, derives its wealth from phosphate - rich deposits of bird guano.

There was Hearsay, Notices to Produce and Admit, the Old Rule of Discovery and especially the glorious Peruvian Guano test (from Compagnie Financière du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55) permitting a virtually unlimited range of potentially relevant and therefore discoverable documents.