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How flowers regulate the temperature of their ecosystem
Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryColoradoHelianthella quinquenervisZea maysGlycine maxHelianthus annuus
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The presence of flowers in a meadow is a differential factor. Not only at the aesthetic level, but also at the climatic and humidity level, as discovered by a study carried out by a group of American researchers. Those soils covered with flowers reflected greater solar radiation than those fields wi
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