Guano
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guano-177-18949675
title:
Guano
text:
Guano is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. Guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth. Guano was also, to a lesser extent, sought for the production of gunpowder and other explosive materials. The 19th-century seabird guano trade played a pivotal role in the development of modern input-intensive farming. The demand for guano spurred the human colonization of remote bird islands in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Excrement of seabirds or bats
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano
date created:
2002-03-27T09:28:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T07:39:12Z
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