Trees are clever. They can change their surroundings and react to them. This is especially true when it comes to managing nutrients like carbon and nitrogen. Two main ideas try to explain how trees handle these nutrients. One suggests that trees with high nitrogen resorption efficiency, or NRE, migh
Willows are becoming quite popular for big ecosystem recovery projects. But there's a question: which size of willow cuttings fares best when planted in the field? Scientists compared the survival of willow cuttings from different places, diameters, and lengths over two growing seasons in Alberta, C
Trees, with their extensive lifespans, accumulate genetic changes in their trunks and branches as they grow over centuries. This happens because the stem cells in the shoot apical meristem, which are responsible for growth, gather mutations independently. These mutations can alter the genetic makeup
