The Roots of Diversity ; Tree Study Gets Down and Dirty, Discovers How Forest Species Spread
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Trees do not make good neighbors, at least to their own kind.
That so-called negative feedback, where young seedlings tend to die if an adult tree of the same species is nearby, is one way forests maintain diversity. Now, a group of researchers, including two scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, say they know how it happens.See the full content of this document
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The Roots of Diversity ; Tree Study Gets Down and Dirty, Discovers How Forest Species Spread
Their results, published online in the journal Nature, show that abundant tree species are less susceptible to disease inflicted by soil-borne organisms.
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