Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

Torkhov – stock.adobe.com Lightning is largely a cause of tree mortality in tropical forests ... with high accuracy by studying the energy patterns recorded. Combined with on-the-ground surveys ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

Not only has this tropical tree learned how to survive the lightning ... the strikes with high accuracy by studying the energy patterns recorded." After reviewing all of their data, the found ...

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new research ...

In tropical forests, lightning is a major cause of tree mortality — especially among ... By analyzing the energy patterns recorded by each sensor in the array, the researchers could triangulate ...

Historically, most reforestation in the tropics utilized a few exotic tree ... altered patterns of temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover, will certainly strongly affect tropical forests.

A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree species are not only able ... on light and nutrient availability. These patterns also bore out across the broader population.