In tropical forests, lightning is a major ... researchers studied nearly 100 lightning events in Panama'’s Barro Colorado ...

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new research ...

Utah State University researchers are collaborating with other institutions to solve the ecological mysteries of seed ...

A tropical tree species in Panama’s lowland rainforest appears to benefit from lightning strikes by surviving unscathed while ...

A Dipteryx oleifera tree just after being struck by lightning in 2019 ( top) versus two years later ( bottom ). The tree ...

On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

A century of research on Barro Colorado Island has contributed to our understanding of forest ecology. Researchers from Utah ...

Through a course in dendrology, the study of the taxonomy of woody plants in the absence of flowers or fruits, two experts in ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.