Files and links (2)
Published (Version of record)CC BY V4.0, Open Access
Published (Version of record)CC BY V4.0, Open
Journal article
Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse
Royal Society open science, Vol.12(4), pp.1-16
30/04/2025
PMCID: PMC12040458
PMID: 40309179
Metrics
1 File views/ downloads
38 Record Views
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: InCites
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title
- Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse
- Creators
- Alessandro Chiolerio - Italian Institute of TechnologyMonica Gagliano - Southern Cross UniversitySilvio Pilia - Open SocietyPaolo Pilia - Open SocietyGiuseppe Vitiello - University of SalernoMohammad Dehshibi - University of the West of EnglandAndrew Adamatzky - University of the West of England
- Publication Details
- Royal Society open science, Vol.12(4), pp.1-16
- Publisher
- The Royal Society; LONDON
- Grant note
- This work received financial support from: Zenit Arti Audiovisive; OpenAzienda S.r.l., PrimoPrincipio Societá Cooperativa, IGA Technology Services and the Templeton World Charity Foundation (grant TWCF-2020-20541) and the European Research Council (ERC) through the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant 101002711).
- Identifiers
- 991013278507902368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article