I looked it up, and it also increases the tannin levels in the leaves. So if something is eating the tree, it and other nearby trees change their leaves to become more toxic to what usually eats them.
I’m guessing this leaves them generally non-toxic which helps keep critters they don’t mind around.
The trees just slowly sway, their woody groans slowly creaking out “wwwwweeeeeellllllll sssssshhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt” as the fire engulfs the savannah.
But ethylene is the ripening signal molecule, right? Why would trees be warning other trees to ripen their fruit?
I looked it up, and it also increases the tannin levels in the leaves. So if something is eating the tree, it and other nearby trees change their leaves to become more toxic to what usually eats them.
I’m guessing this leaves them generally non-toxic which helps keep critters they don’t mind around.
Aahh that makes more sense… I was more wondering less on how trees can warn eachother, but how much is there that they can do something about.
I was just imagining… “HEY THERE’S A FOREST FIRE COMING”… then a response… welp that sucks.
The trees just slowly sway, their woody groans slowly creaking out “wwwwweeeeeellllllll sssssshhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt” as the fire engulfs the savannah.