Hard to kill: Here's why eucalypts are survival experts
They can recover from fire. Grow back from a bare stump. Shrug aside bark loss that would kill a lesser tree. Endure drought and floods.
They can recover from fire. Grow back from a bare stump. Shrug aside bark loss that would kill a lesser tree. Endure drought and floods.
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Environment
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Earth Sciences
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Nanomaterials
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Environment
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Ecology
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