forest /oss/taxonomy/term/3420/all en Trees avoid touching each other due to "crown shyness." The results are beautiful webs of leaves. /oss/article/did-you-know/trees-avoid-touching-each-other-due-crown-shyness-results-are-beautiful-webs-leaves <p>Trees might be tall and strong, but they are still a bit sheepish.</p> <p><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_shyness">Crown shyness</a></u> describes the phenomenon of a tree’s leaves<a href="http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/313/1159/209"> </a><u><a href="http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/313/1159/209">withdrawing</a></u> from the leaves of other trees. It results in beautiful webs of <i>almost</i> touching canopies, but why do trees do it?</p> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:49:05 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7362 at /oss