【Woulditsurpriseyoutolearnthatlikeanimalstreescommunicatewitheachotherandpassontheirwealthtothenextgeneration?UBCProfessorSimardexplainshowtreesaremuchmorecomplexthanmostofuseverimagined.AlthoughCharl】
Woulditsurpriseyoutolearnthatlikeanimalstreescommunicatewitheachotherandpassontheirwealthtothenextgeneration?
UBCProfessorSimardexplainshowtreesaremuchmorecomplexthanmostofuseverimagined.AlthoughCharlesDarwinthoughtthattreesarecompetingforsurvivalofthefittestSimardshowsjusthowwronghewas.Infacttheoppositeistrue:treessurvivethroughtheirco-operationandsupportpassingaroundnecessarynutrition“dependingonwhoneedsit”.
Nitrogen(氮)andcarbonaresharedthroughmilesofundergroundfungi(真菌)networksmakingsurethatalltreesintheforestecologicalsystemgiveandreceivejusttherightamounttokeepthemallhealthy.Thishiddensystemworksinaverysimilarwaytothenetworksofneurons(神经元)inourbrainsandwhenonetreeisdestroyeditaffectsall.
Simardtalksabout“mothertrees”usuallythelargestandoldestplantsonwhichallothertreesdepend.Sheexplainshowdyingtreespassonthewealthtothenextgenerationtransportingimportantmineralstoyoungtreessotheymaycontinuetogrow.Whenhumanscutdown“mothertrees”withnoawarenessofthesehighlycomplex“treesocieties”orthenetworksonwhichtheyfeedwearereducingthechancesofsurvivalfortheentireforest.
“Wedidn'ttakeanynoticeofit.”Simardsayssadly.“Dyingtreesmovenutritionintotheyoungtreesbeforedyingbutwenevergivethemchance.”Ifwecouldputacrossthemessagetotheforestryindustrywecouldmakeahugedifferencetowardsourenvironmentalprotectioneffortsforthefuture.
1.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.OldTreesCommunicateLikeHumans
B.YoungTreesAreInNeedOfProtection
C.TreesContributeToOurSociety
D.TreesAreMoreComplexThanYouThink
2.InSimard'sopiniontrees_______.
A.competeforsurvivalB.protecttheirownwealth
C.dependoneachotherD.providesupportfordyingtrees
3.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat.
A.“mothertrees”areusuallyofnousetoothertrees.
B.CharlesDarwinhadthesamethoughtasSimard.
C.if“mothertrees”arecutdownthesurvivalfortheentireforestwillbeaffected.
D.peopleknowmuchaboutthecompl