In August 2026, the Puéchabon site welcomed Basile Delvoie and the UCLouvain team to carry out water potential measurements on trees in the DR+ experimental plot.This campaign is part of the team’s research on soil–plant hydraulics, in collaboration with Mathieu Javaux’s team.The measurements will complement ongoing observations at the site and contribute to the study …
On 30 April 2026, the Puéchabon site welcomed UC Louvain Team for a second consecutive year of measurements.Psychrometers were installed on trees to monitor leaf water potential throughout the growing season.The measurements will provide a second year of continuous data.This work will contribute to the study of tree water status and its seasonal dynamics under …
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On 24 June 2026, the Puéchabon site welcomed the SituFeces research team, led by Quentin Gabriac, Philippe Hinsinger and François-Xavier Joly.The project investigates how soil detritivores transform leaf litter into faecal pellets in Mediterranean ecosystems.Field sampling at Puéchabon will help characterise detritivore communities and quantify the quantity and quality of faeces produced throughout the year.The …
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Installation of a thermal camera at the Puéchabon site A new thermal camera has been installed on the Puéchabon flux tower by the ISPA (INRAE) team, in collaboration with the Puéchabon site team, as part of research on forest phenology and photosynthesis.The equipment will provide continuous measurements of canopy temperature, supporting the development of an …
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ATELIER #1 ► SUIVRE ET COMPRENDRE LES FACTEURS DE VULNÉRABILITÉ DES FORÊTS MÉDITERRANÉENNES▬ Dispositif de suivi par tours à flux (station de l’Infrastructure de Recherche Nationale ICOS) : Mesures en continu des fluxde CO2, d’eau et d’énergie entre l’écosystème et l’atmosphère – Jean-Marc LIMOUSIN et Jean-Marc OURCIVAL (CNRS-CEFE)▬ Dispositifs d’expérimentation d’exclusion de pluie (composante de …
Rambal S, Cavender-Bares J, Limousin JM, Salmon Y (2025) A multi-scale analysis of drought effects on intrinsic water use efficiency in a Mediterranean evergreen oak forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 361, 110283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110283
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Gauthey, A., Kahmen, A., Limousin, J.-M., Vilagrosa, A., Didion-Gency, M., Mas, E., Milano, A., Tunas, A., & Grossiord, C. (2024). High heat tolerance, evaporative cooling, and stomatal decoupling regulate canopy temperature and their safety margins in three European oak species. Global Change Biology, 30, e17439. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.1743913652486.
Moreno M, Limousin JM, Simioni G, Badel E, Rodríguez‐Calcerrada J, Cochard H et al. (2024) Hydraulic plasticity and water use regulation act to maintain the hydraulic safety margins of Mediterranean trees in rainfall exclusion experiments. Plant, Cell & Environment, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15066 Sarneel JM, Hefting MM, Sandén T, van den Hoogen J, Routh D, Adhikari BS …
Field activities for the Drought ForC project (https://www.pepr-faircarbon.fr/projets/projets-laureats-de-l-appel-a-projets-faircarbon/drought-forc) were launched in Puéchabon on April 22 and 23, 2024.With the help of colleagues from INRAE ISPA (Mark Bakker and Catherine Lambrot) and INRAE BEF (Marie-Pierre Turpault, Serge Didier and Robin Cuby), 54 soil cores were dug in the treatments of the rainfall exclusion experiment that will …
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