Sentences with phrase «nutrients from bat»
It has yet been unknown if trees also take up nutrients from bat excretions.
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Until now it was not known if trees also take up nutrients from bat excretions.
An international team of scientists recently discovered that seeds of a tropical tree species, which regularly hosts bats in large hollows, contain nutrients from bat excreta.
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.
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.
She isn't sure why the bats» teeth don't rot, but she thinks the acidity of their saliva may help bats extract all the nutrients they can from their food.
Previous reports already demonstrated that tropical plants use animal - derived nutrients, for example nitrogen from bat excreta.