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Encore: MGMT: A Family of Trees (Forest Ecology with Suzanne Simard)

MGMT and forestry scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard discuss the Science of Tree Networks

By Sing For Science

12:00 AM EST on December 20, 2023

A FAMILY OF TREES: UNCOVERING NETWORKS IN OUR FORESTS' UNDERSTORY with Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser of MGMT and Dr. Suzanne Simard, forest ecology professor.In this episode we discuss:- how trees communicate with one another- the folly of industrialized logging- how trees help other trees- Native American ancestral DNA in cedar- where to buy mushrooms in Connecticut

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