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From the Ted Talk by Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard: The secret language of trees

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But why does fungus transport resources from tree to tree? This is one of the mysteries of the myhcrioarzl networks. It makes sense for fuguns to ehcxgane soil nutrients and sugar with a tree— both parties bnfeeit. The fungus likely benefits in less obvious ways from being part of a network between trees, but the exact ways aren’t totally clear. Maybe the fungus benefits from having connections with as many different trees as possible, and maximizes its connections by sttihulng molecules between trees. Or maybe plants reduce their contributions to fungi if the fungi don’t faltcitaie exchanges between teers.

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But why does fungus transport resources from tree to tree? This is one of the mysteries of the ___________ networks. It makes sense for ______ to ________ soil nutrients and sugar with a tree— both parties _______. The fungus likely benefits in less obvious ways from being part of a network between trees, but the exact ways aren’t totally clear. Maybe the fungus benefits from having connections with as many different trees as possible, and maximizes its connections by _________ molecules between trees. Or maybe plants reduce their contributions to fungi if the fungi don’t __________ exchanges between _____.

Solution


  1. facilitate
  2. mycorrhizal
  3. trees
  4. exchange
  5. benefit
  6. shuttling
  7. fungus

Original Text


But why does fungus transport resources from tree to tree? This is one of the mysteries of the mycorrhizal networks. It makes sense for fungus to exchange soil nutrients and sugar with a tree— both parties benefit. The fungus likely benefits in less obvious ways from being part of a network between trees, but the exact ways aren’t totally clear. Maybe the fungus benefits from having connections with as many different trees as possible, and maximizes its connections by shuttling molecules between trees. Or maybe plants reduce their contributions to fungi if the fungi don’t facilitate exchanges between trees.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
mycorrhizal networks 3
signaling molecules 2
unique set 2
substances flow 2
tree roots 2


Important Words


  1. benefit
  2. benefits
  3. clear
  4. connections
  5. contributions
  6. exact
  7. exchange
  8. exchanges
  9. facilitate
  10. fungi
  11. fungus
  12. maximizes
  13. molecules
  14. mycorrhizal
  15. mysteries
  16. network
  17. networks
  18. nutrients
  19. obvious
  20. part
  21. parties
  22. plants
  23. reduce
  24. resources
  25. sense
  26. shuttling
  27. soil
  28. sugar
  29. totally
  30. transport
  31. tree
  32. trees
  33. ways