Forests worldwide are at increased risk of widespread mortality due to intense drought under current and future climate change. In particular, conifer species seem extremely vulnerable to mortality due to hydraulic failure or embolism. The main objective of this thesis was to examine conifer resistance to embolism in an evolutionary framework. Firstly, we uncovered 9-fold variation in resistance to embolism across 250 species from the 7 conifer families, culminating in a new world record in Callitris tuberculata (P50 = -18.8 MPa). We demonstrated the evolutionary relationship between increased embolism resistance and the anatomy of bordered pits. By combining this unprecedented physiological dataset with a time-calibrated phylogeny of over ...
Conifers face increased drought mortality risks because of drought-induced embolism in their vascula...
Conifers face increased drought mortality risks because of drought-induced embolism in their vascula...
*Hydraulic failure explains much of the increased rates of drought-induced tree mortality around the...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical ...
Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical ...
Conifers face increased drought mortality risks because of drought-induced embolism in their vascula...
Conifers face increased drought mortality risks because of drought-induced embolism in their vascula...
*Hydraulic failure explains much of the increased rates of drought-induced tree mortality around the...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Les forêts du monde entier sont menacées de mortalités importantes lors de sécheresses intenses liés...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought-induced tree mortality even...
Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical ...
Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical ...
Conifers face increased drought mortality risks because of drought-induced embolism in their vascula...
Conifers face increased drought mortality risks because of drought-induced embolism in their vascula...
*Hydraulic failure explains much of the increased rates of drought-induced tree mortality around the...