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Maiming only the cambium layer in different spots shouldn't put the tree to death because the saps would still flowing in the sapwood and in the bark, giving him time to overcome that and heal. Actually, the tree kills himself by isolating the thousands of small wounds. He closes the vessels...

That can't work. The bugs, fungus, bacterias invade an area and stay here for a long (unknown) time. After the devastation, their number drops down because the food availability is drastically reduced, but they are still there. That tends usually to an equilibrium. For example the big elms...