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Additionally, many\n                    <jats:italic>D. draco<\/jats:italic>\n                    specimens growing in public and private gardens have recently suffered substantial canopy damage, with some trees losing their entire canopy. We used minimally invasive electrical resistivity (ER) tomography to assess the trunks of\n                    <jats:italic>D. draco<\/jats:italic>\n                    individuals suffering different levels of canopy damage. The extent of canopy damage was used to categorize trees into three groups: visibly undamaged (0%), moderately damaged (25-55%) and severely damaged (70-95%). ER tomograms enabled novel insights into the trunks of\n                    <jats:italic>D. draco<\/jats:italic>\n                    , by displaying homogeneous and concentric patterns corresponding to primary (higher ER) and secondary growth (lower ER). A progressive and significant increase of ER was found with increasing percentage of canopy damage. Visibly undamaged trees exhibited significantly lower ER (&amp;lt;250 \u03a9m) than severely damaged trees (&amp;gt;250 \u03a9m), while moderately damaged trees had ER falling between the two extremes. This study demonstrates that ER tomography can be a useful tool for analyzing structural and functional traits also in the trunks of monocotyledonous trees having secondary growth. Results showed an imbalanced ER distribution and higher values in the trunk of trees with a severely damaged canopy. 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