Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too

"Sometimes, pairs like this are so interconnected at the roots that when one tree dies, the other one dies, too."

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 The New York Times:

German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too

Peter Wohlleben, a career ranger, has topped best-seller lists with "The Hidden Life of Trees," describing trees as social beings that communicate on the "Wood Wide Web."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/world/europe/german-forest-ranger-finds-that-trees-have-social-networks-too.html?mwrsm=Email