Packed with references anyone seeking anecdotes should be interested in.
Right after college I almost went to work at a South Carolina DuPont location under a researcher who had a side discovery from carefully studying a number of abandoned pecan groves across the south.
Turns out when there was no longer anyone on the property and no more maintenance, the productivity of the trees dropped considerably.
But with the same lack of maintenance, after less-affluent families had moved into the old plantation homes, the trees resumed abundant production. Just by people being there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Plants
Packed with references anyone seeking anecdotes should be interested in.
Right after college I almost went to work at a South Carolina DuPont location under a researcher who had a side discovery from carefully studying a number of abandoned pecan groves across the south.
Turns out when there was no longer anyone on the property and no more maintenance, the productivity of the trees dropped considerably.
But with the same lack of maintenance, after less-affluent families had moved into the old plantation homes, the trees resumed abundant production. Just by people being there.