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STIMULUS RESPONSE. "That the various parts of plants communicate with each other has been established by many experiments. Various surgical treatments (such as removal of root or shoot or leaves, mimicking predation or other damage), resource stress (lack of light or water or minerals) or exposure of one part of a plant to varying resource levels, give rise to specific changes in growth and development elsewhere in the plant, indicating communication of the stimulus." http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/1.full View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION FLOW. "Intelligence requires a network of elements capable of adaptively variable information flow to underpin intelligent behaviour. In animals, nerve cells are specifically adapted by structure to enable rapid phenotypic adjustments and computation. But, critically, a network requires communication between the elements." http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/1.full View in LinkedIn

CROSSING SPECIES BARRIERS. "In addition to intra-domain signal molecule-mediated communication it is increasingly evident that signal molecules can traverse the domain divide. Underlying communication strategies are utilised by plants, fungi and bacteria in the rhizosphere." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11103-015-0417-8 View in LinkedIn

TREE ALTRUISM. “We injured the Douglas fir by pulling its needles off, and by attacking it with western spruce bud worm, and it then sent a lot of carbon in its network into the neighbouring ponderosa pine. "My interpretation was the Douglas fir knew it was dying and wanted to pass its legacy of carbon on to its neighbour, because that would be beneficial for the associated fungi and the community." http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34849374 View in LinkedIn