Tree Decay An Expanded Concept

Decay Is a Natural Recycling Process . . .

樹木腐巧是自然回收的過程…

Cell walls are digested; strength of wood is reduced. 
細胞壁被消化 ; 木材的強度減少

Decayed wood is the RESULT of the process 
腐爛的木材是腐朽過程的結果

Tree decay involves interactions among trees, which are the tallest, greatest in mass, and longest-lived organisms ever to inhabit the earth, and microorganisms, primarily bacteria and fungi-which are some of the smallest organisms on earth. 

樹是地球上最高的、最重的、最長壽的生物，腐朽是微生物和樹之間的相互作用，主是是細菌和真菌，它們是地球最小的生物。

資料來源: 

Alex L. Shigo

Plant Pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Durham New Hampshire

Agriculture Information Bulletin Number 419 April 1979

翻譯:樹沃客樹藝