RDN<p>Tropical tonka bean trees (Dipteryx oleifera) not only survive lightning strikes, but appear to benefit from them. Lightning strikes on tonka bean trees kills liana vines that are growing on the trees, and kills or damages surrounding trees.</p><p>Summary: <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tropical-trees-lightning-rod-rival" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/tropic</span><span class="invisible">al-trees-lightning-rod-rival</span></a></p><p>Original paper (not open access): <a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1111/nph.70062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do</span><span class="invisible">i/ftr/10.1111/nph.70062</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Lightning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lightning</span></a></p>