> what happens with a plant before it dies is something very odd - nothing.
No, this is what happens exactly: "Recovery rates reflect distance to a tipping point in a living system" doi:10.1038/nature10723 [pdf:] http://vasilisdakos.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/veraart-... --> https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=1425709102799954480...