From: Citizen Winston Smith <sss@example.de>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.usenet.kooks
Subject: Re: OFF
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 16:05:52 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 11/5/2024 4:01 PM, % wrote:
> Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
>> On 11/5/2024 3:19 PM, % wrote:
>>> Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
>>>> On 11/5/2024 3:14 PM, % wrote:
>>>>> Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/5/2024 3:11 PM, % wrote:
>>>>>>> Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 11/5/2024 1:17 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Where in Georgia are they extending poll hours
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FUCK
>>>>>>>> Â Â Â Â Â OFF
>>>>>>>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â AND
>>>>>>>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DIE!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what a great talent
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what a mental midget you are
>>>>>
>>>>> and what a tall one you are
>>>>
>>>> a strong tree grows to the light and leaves the moldy undergrowth
>>>> and trash litter behind
>>>
>>> no it doesn't
>>
>> yes it does
>
> prove it here now in real life or no it don't , smuck nasal
https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/10402/why-is-it-beneficial-for-trees-to-grow-that-tall
There are some obvious costs:
Need much Carbon and other nutrients
maintenance cost
energy cost (for growing, to bring water (and nutrients) up to the
higher leaves, etc...)
Sensitivity to wind
etc...
Potential benefits I can think of:
Competition for sunlight
Better dispersal
protection against predation
Some birds (maybe especially those that are potentially good seed
dispersers) prefer to land on high trees (avoiding the cost of regaining
altitude). Being high attract these birds which eat the fruits and
disperse the seeds.
https://academic.oup.com/treephys/article/41/1/1/5900576
For trees in forests, striving for light is matter of life and death,
either by growing taller toward brighter conditions or by expanding the
crown to capture more of the available light.
A shortsighted maximization of growth based on initial light conditions
can result in arrested height growth, preventing the tree from reaching
the canopy. The previous result can explain canopy stratification, and
why canopy species often get stuck at a certain size under a shading
canopy.