Bats Fertilize Roost Trees

Using nitrogen isotope ratio as proxy for nutrient transfer, we tracked nutrients from bat excreta to seed exocarp in Dipteryx panamensis that host bat roosts, suggesting that trees may benefit from nutrients of bat guano deposited into hollow tree trunks.

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Published inBiotropica Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 403 - 406
Main Authors Voigt, Christian C, Borissov, Ivailo, Kelm, Detlev H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Association for Tropical Biology 01.07.2015
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Wiley
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Subjects
animal manures
bats
Chiroptera
Dipteryx
Dipteryx oleifera
Dipteryx panamensis
excreta
exocarp
guano
INSIGHTS
isotopes
nitrogen
nutrient
nutrients
stable isotopes
tree hollows
tree trunk
trees
tropics
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Summary:Using nitrogen isotope ratio as proxy for nutrient transfer, we tracked nutrients from bat excreta to seed exocarp in Dipteryx panamensis that host bat roosts, suggesting that trees may benefit from nutrients of bat guano deposited into hollow tree trunks.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12226
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ISSN:0006-3606
1744-7429
DOI:10.1111/btp.12226