Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse
Regular light–dark cycles greatly affect organisms, and events like eclipses induce distinctive physiological and behavioural shifts. While well documented in animals, plant behaviour during eclipses remains largely unexplored. Here, we monitored multiple spruce trees to assess their individual and...
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| author | Alessandro Chiolerio Monica Gagliano Silvio Pilia Paolo Pilia Giuseppe Vitiello Mohammad Dehshibi Andrew Adamatzky |
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| description | Regular light–dark cycles greatly affect organisms, and events like eclipses induce distinctive physiological and behavioural shifts. While well documented in animals, plant behaviour during eclipses remains largely unexplored. Here, we monitored multiple spruce trees to assess their individual and collective bioelectrical responses to a solar eclipse. Trees anticipated the eclipse, synchronizing their bioelectrical behaviour hours in advance. Older trees displayed greater anticipatory behaviour with early time-asymmetry and entropy increases. These results reveal a relationship between trees, shaped by individual age and physiology as well as collective history. This highlights the significance of synchrony in plants, offering new insights into coordinated behaviours in nature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cd49e893cef3492fa6e8715f787e4f4e2025-08-20T02:55:44ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032025-04-0112410.1098/rsos.241786Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipseAlessandro Chiolerio0Monica Gagliano1Silvio Pilia2Paolo Pilia3Giuseppe Vitiello4Mohammad Dehshibi5Andrew Adamatzky6Bioinspired Soft Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, ItalyCyberforest Experiment, Paneveggio (TN), ItalyCyberforest Experiment, Paneveggio (TN), ItalyCyberforest Experiment, Paneveggio (TN), ItalyCyberforest Experiment, Paneveggio (TN), ItalyUnconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, UKUnconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, UKRegular light–dark cycles greatly affect organisms, and events like eclipses induce distinctive physiological and behavioural shifts. While well documented in animals, plant behaviour during eclipses remains largely unexplored. Here, we monitored multiple spruce trees to assess their individual and collective bioelectrical responses to a solar eclipse. Trees anticipated the eclipse, synchronizing their bioelectrical behaviour hours in advance. Older trees displayed greater anticipatory behaviour with early time-asymmetry and entropy increases. These results reveal a relationship between trees, shaped by individual age and physiology as well as collective history. This highlights the significance of synchrony in plants, offering new insights into coordinated behaviours in nature.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241786synchronizationsprucecyberforestquantum field theoryfractal dimensionentropy |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Chiolerio Monica Gagliano Silvio Pilia Paolo Pilia Giuseppe Vitiello Mohammad Dehshibi Andrew Adamatzky Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse Royal Society Open Science synchronization spruce cyberforest quantum field theory fractal dimension entropy |
| title | Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse |
| title_full | Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse |
| title_fullStr | Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse |
| title_short | Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse |
| title_sort | bioelectrical synchronization of picea abies during a solar eclipse |
| topic | synchronization spruce cyberforest quantum field theory fractal dimension entropy |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241786 |
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