Keywords
interactions
strategies
trees
rewards
vectors
insects
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Abstract
Trees stand out in every ecosystem in the world as one of the main elements in the structure and composition of its diversity: they make up 80% of existing plant species and contribute the greatest density of individuals to the main structure of forests, in addition to constituting, on a global scale, the largest carbon sinks to counteract climate change. Understanding the great relevance of these organisms, and with the aim of raising awareness of what allows a tree to exist for hundreds or even thousands of years — growing very slowly, anchored in a single spot, with no possibility of fleeing its consumers and parasites — this paper aims to disseminate conceptual aspects of tree life and reproduction, supported by field data collected across various ecosystems in Colombia, for a better illustration of the topic. Overall, it can be concluded that metabolism and reproduction are trees' main tools for success, which is why they have developed complex ecological interactions and numerous alliances with other organisms, with their key relationships being with animal vectors, in order to reproduce and ensure their permanence in the world's ecosystems. To this end, they have generated strategies that include specific and highly specialized rewards; for example, scents and thermogenesis, which ensure the constancy, permanence, and abundance over time of those who contribute to pollen transport, mainly insects, to carry out pollination.
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