0. DO TREES COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER?
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Big old trees - dubbed 'mother trees' - are hubs in a mycorrhizal fungal network (Source: Smileus/iStockphoto)
Surprisingly, the answer is yes.
They might seem like the strong, tall and silent type, but trees actually communicate with each other.
Forest ecologist Dr Suzanne Simard, from the University of British Colombia, studies a type of fungi that forms underground communication networks between trees in North American forests.
Big old trees — dubbed 'mother trees' — are hubs in this mycorrhizal fungal network, playing a key role in supporting other trees in the forest, especially their offspring.
"If you're a mother and you have children, you recognise your children and you treat them in certain ways. We're finding that trees will do the same thing. They'll adjust their competitive behaviour to make room for their own kin and they send those signals through mycorrhizal networks," says Simard.
"We found that the biggest oldest trees had more connections to other trees than smaller trees. It stands to reason because they have more root systems," she says.
"So when a seedling establishes on the forest floor, if it's near one of these mother trees it just links into that network and accesses that huge resource network."
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/05/20/4236600.htm
VOCABULARY ACTIVITY. Find words with the same meaning:
1.-links
2.-called as a nickname
3.-central parts
4.-providing for
5.-children
6.-relatives
7.-makes sense
8.-young plant
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ResponderEliminarLuis-Alonso Santano Monroy
ResponderEliminarI would like to point that this information may be incorrect.
Citing "Merriam-Webster" website
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communication) the definition of
communication is: "a process by which information is exchanged between
individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior".
In the article "Communication Between Nerve Cells" by Silvia Helena Cardoso
(http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n12/fundamentos/neurotransmissores/neurotransmitters2.html)
it is explained that brain cells, also known as neurons, can communicate with
each other.
My point is, that because trees don’t have any kind of brain or neurons, they
can´t communicate between each other, that is, unless they are Ents.
Jose Carlos Hernández Pérez
ResponderEliminarIn this essay on whether the trees communicate with each other we can say that trees use a network of soil fungi to communicate their needs and aid neighboring plants. Trees communicate their needs and send each other nutrients via a network of latticed fungi buried in the soil — in other words, she found, they “talk” to each other.
All trees all over the world form a symbiotic association with below-ground fungi. These are fungi that are beneficial to the plants and through this association, the fungus, which can’t photosynthesize of course, explores the soil.
The plant is fixing carbon and then trading it for the nutrients that it needs for its metabolism.
So with this we say that the trees communicate with each other
In the article which I read, it is describe that the trees have a way of communicating with each other through a symbiotic relationship between the trees’ roots and fungi. In another article that I read(https://regeneracion.mx/como-descubrieron-los-cientificos-que-los-arboles-se-comunican-entre-ellos/), it is said that trees are social beings and that through the roots, they can distinguish trees of different species, and that they live better in community by helping each other.
ResponderEliminarI think it may be true ,but it is something that still needs to be studied and researched a lot to know that this is true, because they do not have such receptors like us to be able to feel or communicate such things.
According to the articles read, the roots of the trees form a symbiotic association with the fungi present in the soil. Even Simard, through laboratory studies, showed that trees are sending defense signals that travel between trees in just six hours. In my opinion, I believe that trees communicate with each other but it is a slow process that must be investigated so that all those interested in nature can be convinced of it.
ResponderEliminarIn the article that I have read about whether trees communicate, surprisingly the answer is yes.
ResponderEliminarThe forest ecologist Mrs. Suzanne Simard, studies a type of fungus that forms underground communication networks between
the trees of the forests of North America.
Large trees, called mother trees, are centers of this network of mycorrhizal fungi, played a role
key in supporting other trees in the forest, especially their descendants.
Simard, discovered that the oldest trees had connections with other smaller trees, since these have more root systems
than the small trees.
Finally, when a seedling is established in the forest, if it is close to the mother trees, it is linked to that network
and access a lot of resources.
David Martín García
ResponderEliminarAccording to the article that I have read, some studies reveal that the trees can be communicated between them similarly to animals.
There is a close relationship between the roots of the trees and a type of fungi that grow around them, it is known as a micorrice. Micorriza allows trees to communicate with others, even know how to distinguish between their direct relatives and what they do not.
When a tree is threatened by a plague or an animal, it launches a signal to the others so that they produce a toxic barrier to protect themselves and there have been cases in which hundreds of antilopes have died simultaneously.
The trees are friends. You can see how the thick branches point between them, and thus they do not block the light of their companions. "Also, in this way, the plants continuously transmit information among themselves as well as among other organisms such as insects.
ResponderEliminarIt seems that some of the chemicals that release aromas such as moisture -for example- help tell other plants that it is essential to prepare for the attack of certain predatory insects. Wohlleben describes these odors as cries for help.
However, not all information is transferred through the air; Many times, this information happens through a symbiosis with the fungi of the soil - the fungi and mushrooms - that are found in the soil but that only expand, as we know them, after their sexual reproduction. It is as if the fungi were a tapestry of cells that expand through the forest floor. That way, trees can get water and other nutrients.
Saul Torrescusa Bermejo
ResponderEliminarAfter reading the article about communication between trees, this researcher says that they communicate through fungi.
He is right, according to the studied studies, most of the plants have relationships with fungi, and at the same time these fungi have different plants, either as a symbiotic agent or as a parasite, producing the communication that the researcher comments.
Ángel Álvarez Tejeda
ResponderEliminarAs I have been investigating, a Canadian researcher made a surprising discovery, found clues and evidence that trees have an underground fungal communication network that binds them to plants. With symbiosis the plants can contribute to the development and mutual growth. Also through this connection can be exchanged coal, water and nutrients as needed.
Finally, if we gave an answer to the question it would be that it is true that trees can communicate each other.
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ResponderEliminarApparently, after reading the article, It has been possible yo deduce that the trees can have communication between them. According to the researcher, the trees have some communication due to the symbiotic relationship of the fungi. Also, they can exchange nutrients, minerals and other components. Un conclusion, It can be said that it is true that trees have communication.
ResponderEliminarAs in the previous article, I found an article by a biologist named David Haskell who wrote a book called The Songs of Trees, in which he says: "We are part of the community of life, which is composed of relationships with others'".And the trees stand out as great communication nodes
ResponderEliminarHaskell's book describes his visits to trees from different places, to listen to them, observe them and see the communication networks they establish.
According to the biologist trees speak all the time: they communicate on the surface and underground by means of sounds, smells, signals and vibrations. They are, natural social networks.
In my opinion the trees are related to each other in different ways, by the roots, by the competition between their branches, etc and that is why we can say that the trees communicate.
In the first place, I did not know that mother trees could benefit their children of future generations. From my point of view if we get on the subject I suppose that all this will come from the genetic information of the mother tree that transmits its characteristics through the seeds. These seeds save the genetic information of the mother tree and I suppose that by recognizing the mother tree to its descendants it will benefit them in one way or another. a greeting
ResponderEliminarPablo Fernández Casillas
ResponderEliminarIn the first place, I knew that the trees communicated with each other but I have never read anything about it although it seems an interesting topic. In this article they talks about how, from an investigation, carried out by the forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, he demonstrates how trees communicate with each other through a network of soil fungi to communicate their needs and help neighboring plants. Trees communicate their needs and nutrients are sent through a network of latticed fungi buried in the ground
The ideas explained in this research are very interesting.
ResponderEliminarI agree with the factthat trees, as other living things, comunicate to each other.
They do notcomunicate verbally like human beings but they interact whith other trees and their surrounding.
Research studies like which have been performed Dr Suzanne Simard, Professor Ian Anderson and Professor Hans Lambers about the communicated of trees each other, as much in the above-ground communication as the below-ground communication, they show that the future engineers like us should know this communication networks, because these knowledge will be very good tool in the moment to develop our work in the forest, like e.g. in the moment to do forestry in any forest area.
ResponderEliminarI think that the unions between fungi and trees are good for the two individuals, because it allows to catch nutrients and take adventage of the symbiosis, also, the protection offered by these ¨mother trees¨, are fundamental for the development of the new trees.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion, trees, as living beings, communicate with each other by establishing different relationships. For example, the reproduction process between trees is a clear example of this. Also through their roots they can communicate with each other further away. Communication between trees is a really interesting and complex process.
ResponderEliminarThe mycorrihizal relationship between fungi and plant is a proven fact, which is known to benefit both parties.
ResponderEliminarThe ralationship between the different trees, through the mycorrhizal network, is a fact that has been demostrated recently, that it´s quite interesting and should be investigated more so that everyone can understand it.
Yes, there is communication between trees, thanks to the symbiosis called mycorrhization between trees and fungi.
ResponderEliminarFungi are able to mycorrhize several trees, creating a network that allows them to communicate, help and protect each other. This network allows a forest to function as a single individual
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ResponderEliminarSantiago Vadillo Macías.
ResponderEliminarThe text it's about the connections between plants and fungi, a process denominate symbiosis.
The process consist an exchange of nutrients and water between both.
This relationship benefits both, and it is very interesting that a "mother tree" can asignate resources to its offspring.
All the trees in the forest, of the same or a different species, are connected to each other through an underground system of mycorrhizae - fungi that connect to each other and to the roots of the trees this sistem exchange vital resources , such carbon, water, nitrogen and phosphorus, but also share more complex information and establish different types of relationships.
ResponderEliminarThe trees communicate with each other through the symbiosis between their roots and fungi, called mycorrhizae. But there are also other systems of communication between plant beings. There are studies of the communication of plants through chemical signals that emit, for example if a plant is attacked by an insect, it will secrete a chemical that will alert the other plants around it and allow them to prevent the attack.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion, the trees of a forest communicate with each other, they help each other when they are in less favorable conditions and they are alerted to possible dangers.
ResponderEliminarThe plants can contribute to the development and mutual growth and help the different forest specimens.
Plants use their roots to “listen in” on their neighbours, with their own unique forms of communication. The study found that plants in a crowded environment secrete chemicals into the soil that prompt their neighbours to grow more aggressively, presumably to avoid being left in the shade, especially in tropical environment.
ResponderEliminarCommunication networks between plants
ResponderEliminarPlants in nature communicate with each other, through networks made up of fungi. These networks simulate the internet of plants and are defined as the set of threads of fungal threads called mycelium that unites the roots of the least two plants, which occurs in all major terrestrial ecosystems.
This network, which refers to the roots of plants, forming mycorrhizae - association of some fungi and the roots of plants - which means that, during the life cycle of the plants, within a region or ecosystem is connected each.
Mushroom networks make communication between plants faster and more efficient. We never think about this and we only focus in general on what we are using only the soil and we can see, however, most plants can be connected below ground, and not directly through their roots, but if through mycelium connections, something like a WiFi network.
As a whole, this network of mycelium allows you to absorb nutrients to plants, which can pass from one plant to another, sometimes at very distant distances. These microscopic filaments are hidden under the surface of the soil and become entangled forming large mycelial networks that are found in the roots of plants, forming a biological highway, and what some of them have called "wide web". This organic network works very well as our Internet service, the functions of the plants have improved each other, the service for their nutrition, and even those that can serve to harm each other.