The demise of the largest and oldest African baobabs.
Adrian PatrutStephan WoodborneRoxana T PatrutLaszlo RakosyDaniel A LowyGrant HallKarl F von RedenPublished in: Nature plants (2018)
The African baobab is the biggest and longest-living angiosperm tree. By using radiocarbon dating we identified the stable architectures that enable baobabs to reach large sizes and great ages. We report that 9 of the 13 oldest and 5 of the 6 largest individuals have died, or at least their oldest parts/stems have collapsed and died, over the past 12 years; the cause of the mortalities is still unclear.
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