IS THAT TRUE? Do trees talk?

It is often said that trees can talk to each other. But is that true? Our expert Nicole van Dam, Professor of Molecular Interaction Ecology at the University of Jena and @iDiv-research explains whether and how trees communicate with each other and with their environment.

Original publication:
Volf, M., Volfová, T., Seifert, C. L., Ludwig, A., Engelmann, R. A., Jorge, L. R., Richter, R., Schedl, A., Weinhold, A., Wirth, C. & van Dam, N. M. (2021): A mosaic of induced and non-induced branches promotes variation in leaf traits, predation and insect herbivore assemblages in canopy trees. Ecology Letters, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

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