Sentences with phrase «nitrogen from bat»
«Thus, we were able to track nitrogen from bat guano into the seeds of Dipteryx trees,» explains IZW scientist Christian Voigt.
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Previous reports already demonstrated that tropical plants use animal - derived nutrients, for example nitrogen from bat excreta.
Not exact matches
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.
To test if the trees profit from the presence of bats by incorporating nutrients from bat excreta into their seeds, the researchers analysed a specific form of nitrogen, the stable isotope 15N.
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 fungus grows best in moist and humid conditions and in soil containing decomposing nitrogen - rich matter from bird, chicken or bat excrement.