Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees

Document Type : Scientific News

Author

Research Expert, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

10.22092/irn.2025.134394

Abstract

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Gora, E.M., Muller-Landau, H.C., Cushman, K.C., Richards, J.H., Bitzer, Ph.M., Burchfield, J.C., Narváez, P. and Yanoviak, S.P., 2025. How some tropical trees benefit from being struck by lightning: evidence for Dipteryx oleifera and other large-statured trees. New Phytologist, DOI: 10.1111/nph.70062
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250326123018.htm