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Mycorrhizal Fungi:
A fungus living in a mutualistic association with plants and
facilitating nutrient and water uptake.
National Income Accounts:
System of record by which the vigor of a nation's economy is
measured. (Results are often listed as Gross National Product,
or Gross Domestic Product.)
Native Species:
Plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms that occur naturally
in a given area or region.
Nitrogen Fixation:
A process whereby nitrogen fixing bacteria living in
mutualistic associations with plants convert atmospheric nitrogen
to nitrogen compounds that plants can utilize directly.
Nectarivore:
An animal that eats nectar.
Parataxonomists:
Field-trained biodiversity collection and inventory specialists
recruited from local areas.
Patent:
A government grant of temporary monopoly rights on innovative
processes or products.
Pathogen:
A disease-causing microorganism; a bacterium or virus.
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