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Inorganic Nitrogen Derived from Foraging Honey Bees Could Have Adaptive Benefits for the Plants They Visit

In most terrestrial ecosystems, nitrogen (N) is the most limiting nutrient for plant growth. Honey bees may help alleviate this limitation because their feces (frass) have high concentration of organic nitrogen that may decompose in soil and provide inorganic N to plants. However, information on soi...

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Autores principales: Mishra, Archana, Afik, Ohad, Cabrera, Miguel L., Delaplane, Keith S., Mowrer, Jason E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23923006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070591