When fluffing a Christmas tree, you'll need to work from the bottom to the top, and from the back to the front. Start at the ...

In light winds, the trees swayed at around 2–2.3 cycles per second, with their branches ... slower swaying pattern of 0.2–0.5 ...

Phylogenies are a fundamental tool for organizing our knowledge of the biological diversity we observe on our planet. But how exactly do we understand and use these devices? Tree diagrams have ...

Tree architecture The allometric partitioning theory is one of the theories to explain plant allocation strategies. Depending on their adult size (canopy/emergent, subcanopy or understory), trees will ...

As one moves out along the branches of the tree of life, the processes that produced the rich patterns of biodiversity along a particular twig can be harder to understand and interpret.

"Many models in biology have drawn from Leonardo's rule to describe both tree branching patterns and vascular systems, even though there's limited evidence of consistent application," the authors ...