Tree diseases can help forests: What's bad for a seedling can be good for biodiversity

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 19:00 in Biology & Nature

Plant diseases attack trees and crops and can hurt lumber and food production, but University of Utah biologists found that pathogens that kill tree seedlings actually can make forests more diverse.

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