In this way, parent trees help their offspring-another word for their children, or young.

这样亲代树就可以帮助它们的后代——表示孩子或幼苗的另一种说法。

In this way, parent trees help their offspring – another word for their children, or young.

通过这种方式，母树帮助了它们自己的后代——它们的孩子或幼苗的另一种说法。

We found that the parent trees would favour those seedlings that were of their own kin versus the strangers.

我们发现亲代树相比于陌生树的幼苗会偏爱它们自己亲戚的幼苗。

A seedling is far more likely to survive if it germinates in isolation, far away from the parent tree, surrounded by different tree species.

如果能够独自生长远离母体，被不同的树种环绕幼苗很容易生存下来。

Here's Suzanne explaining more about tree families to BBC World Service programme, The Big Idea: We found that the parent trees would favour those seedlings that were of their own kin versus the strangers.

苏珊娜向BBC全球服务节目《奇思妙想》解释了更多关于树木家族的内容：我们发现，与陌生的树相比，母树会更偏爱那些同族的幼苗。