Making trees old before their time.

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  • Author(s): Lawton, Graham (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 3/18/2023, Vol. 257 Issue 3430, p14-15. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Subject Terms:
      TREES; DRILL cores; NUMBERS of species
    • Abstract:
      Indeed, the rotting core of a tree is immensely valuable as a habitat, not just for the fungi themselves - many of which are heart rot specialists - but also for myriad other species. So, here in the UK and also in North America, she and others have taken a more targeted approach, deliberately infecting young trees with heart rot fungi. News 1800 Invertebrate species in the UK that depend on rotting wood 120 Typical age at which a beech tree develops heart rot 300 Typical age at which an oak tree develops heart rot I AM in a forest 35 kilometres west of London, meeting someone who is trying to make young trees old. [Extracted from the article]
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