1.   Closeness of conspecific plants can increase the rate and there are many examples of increased attack of seedlings associated with closeness to the mother tree.

2.   Conservationists claim that even modern logging techniques will thin out the forest, leaving just a few mother trees standing in clearings.

3.   By examining the proteins being produced by the genes of the mother tree, researchers construct a genetic profile of it.

4.   If left on the ground to decay, they turn into a layer of soft compost, nourishing their mother tree with a protective matrix for new feeding roots.

5.   The violations committed by those concessionaires included cutting trees outside their own designated area, recutting, building new roads without permits and cutting mother trees.