How #oak trees outwit their predators https://www.myscience.de/en/news/2026/how_oak_trees_outwit_their_predators-2026-uni-wuerzburg Satellite data show #trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape #herbivores https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9 "If #OakTrees are heavily infested by #caterpillars, they react to this the following spring: they delay their leaf emergence by three days... This strategy is highly effective: the three-day delay is sufficient to drastically reduce the #insects’ survival rate. It reduces the damage caused by feeding on the #tree by 55%."