Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Baie des tortues, New Caledonia, France
Baie des tortues, New Caledonia, France


Cavitation resistance of conifer trees (project in collaboration with KEW garden in London)

We have measured 250 species to date.

stress_arbres

Cavitation occurs through tiny pores in the xylem

P50 values of conifer species

(world record: Callitris collumellaris, P50=-16 MPa…)

graph-P50

List of studied species

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