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Were we wrong about the ‘wood wide web’?
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Trees can talk to each other. Or so the headlines claimed. The discovery of the ‘wood wide web’ triggered a media frenzy, changing everything we thought we knew about trees. But then, the scientific community pushed back. Join us to find out if everything we were told about the ‘wood wide web’ is actually a lie.



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0:00 The Wood Wide Web
5:06 Sharing Resources
7:26 Media Frenzy
10:18 Casting Doubts
12:09 Debunked
15:49 Fake Evidence / Biased Claims
18:17 Simard’s Response
20:17 Trees Can Eavesdrop
23:52 Calling for Help
25:53 The Truth About Trees



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References:
“Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/carbontransfer

“The origin and evolution of mycorrhizal symbioses”, via wiley.com https://astrumspace.info/mycorrhizas

“Nutritional Dependence of Certain Trees on Root Symbiosis”, via researchgate.net https://astrumspace.info/treesymbiosis

“Finding the Mother Tree”, via books.google.co.uk https://astrumspace.info/mothertree

“Positive citation bias in the wood wide web”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/citationbias

“Mycorrhizal facilitation of kin recognition”, via library.ubc.ca https://astrumspace.info/ubcmycorrhizal

“The perils of plant personification”, via cell.com https://astrumspace.info/cmn

“Response to questions about common mycorrhizal networks”, via frontiersin.org https://astrumspace.info/simard

“Interplant volatile signaling in willows”, via link.springer.com https://astrumspace.info/voc

“Terpenes – mediators of plant communication”, via wiley.com https://astrumspace.info/terpenes



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Credits:
Narrator: James Stewart
Writer: Edie Abrahams
Video Editor: Matt Jamie
Animator: Peter Sheppard
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



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