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name       Catie
status     student
age        14

Question - Can stress cause plant life to die?
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Dear Catie,

Various types of stresses can result in the decline of plant health and
some plants dying. In forest ecology, stress has been considered a
predisposing factor to forest decline.

http://www.cciw.ca/forest-health/reports/sustainability-bioindicators/frip13
8/section2.html
http://www.state.ct.us/caes/PlantPestHandbookFiles/pphIntroductory/pphdiseas
e.htm

Sincerely,

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.
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