The paper provided beneficial foundations for the control of declinedisease of Sophora japonica and a good example for other decline diseases of urban trees.
该研究结果为国槐衰退病的防治提供了理论依据，也为城市其他树木衰退或枯死原因的研究和防治提供参考。
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Of the two plausible explanations for the decline—increased predation by killer whales or disease—disease is the more likely.
对于鲸鱼数量的下降，有两种可能的解释——虎鲸捕食或疾病的增加——疾病的可能性更大。
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If the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease would likely decline.