@article {2886, title = {The demise of the largest and oldest African baobabs}, journal = {Nature Plants}, volume = {4}, year = {2018}, month = {Jan-07-2018}, pages = {423 - 426}, abstract = {The African baobab is the biggest and longest-living angiosperm tree. By using radiocarbon dating we identified the stable architectures that enable baobabs to reach large sizes and great ages. We report that 9 of the 13 oldest and 5 of the 6 largest individuals have died, or at least their oldest parts/stems have collapsed and died, over the past 12 years; the cause of the mortalities is still unclear.}, doi = {10.1038/s41477-018-0170-5}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-018-0170-5}, author = {Patrut, Adrian and Woodborne, Stephan and Patrut, Roxana T. and Rakosy, Laszlo and Lowy, Daniel A. and Hall, Grant and von Reden, Karl F.} }