Tree spatial patterns are a component in this thing and are one of the reasons that species
like lodgepole, ponderosa and whitebark pine get hit so hard — they are all capable of forming single species stands, making contagious spread easier, especially given that pheromone signalling is involved.
Not exact matches
The reddish birds have crowbar -
like beaks that are capable of prying open the toughest cones from
lodgepole pines, the birds» seed source and co-evolutionary partners on which they entirely depend.
Each hairpin turn opens onto a different landscape: around one, a hillside flush with
lodgepole pine; around the next, a blackened slope where bare trunks stand out
like so many toothpicks against the sky.
And many organisms have evolved to
like it hot: pine cones on many
lodgepole pines won't open without tickling flames, she said.
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