Trees are linked to neighboring trees by an underground network of fungi that resembles the neural networks in the brain

The trees were sharing "information that actually is important to the health of the whole forest."

the trees in a forest are often linked to each other via an older tree she calls a "mother" or "hub" tree.

"In connecting with all the trees of different ages, [the mother trees] can actually facilitate the growth of these understory seedlings,"

"The seedlings will link into the network of the old trees and benefit from that huge uptake resource capacity. And the old trees would also pass a little bit of carbon and nutrients and water to the little seedlings, at crucial times in their lives, that actually help them survive."

Keep in mind that all trees and all plants — except for a very small handful of plant families — have obligate relationships with these fungi.

the fungi are dependent on the plant or the trees ... because they don't have leaves themselves

trees could be linked together by mycorrhizal fungi and pass carbon between them.

these trees are all connected together by this muscular mycorrhizal network, which provides the avenues for them to communicate this information

[Trees] get old. They do eventually decline. And dying is a process, and it takes a long, long time. It can take decades for a tree to die.

we found that about 40% of the carbon was transmitted through networks into their neighboring trees. The rest of the carbon would have just dispersed through natural decomposition processes ... but some of it is directed right into the neighbors.

Let's hold back on this salvage logging until trees have had the chance to pass on this energy and information to the new seedlings coming up.