Infertile landscapes on an old oceanic island: the biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia

Y Pillon, T Jaffré, P Birnbaum, D Bruy… - Biological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The OCBIL theory comprises a set of hypotheses to comprehend the biota of old, climatically
buffered, infertile landscapes (OCBILs). Here, we review evidence from the literature to …

Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris

M Larter, S Pfautsch, JC Domec, S Trueba… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought‐induced tree
mortality events across the globe. However, we lack understanding of how and to what …

How did the ultramafic soils shape the flora of the New Caledonian hotspot?

S Isnard, L L'huillier, F Rigault, T Jaffré - Plant and Soil, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background New Caledonia is renowned as one of the world's most significant
biodiversity hotpots. The nutrient-deficiency and cations imbalances of ultramafic soils …

Vulnerability to xylem embolism as a major correlate of the environmental distribution of rain forest species on a tropical island

S Trueba, R Pouteau, F Lens, TS Feild… - Plant, Cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in drought‐induced tree mortality are being observed in tropical rain forests
worldwide and are also likely to affect the geographical distribution of tropical vegetation …

Recent advances in New Caledonian biogeography

M Heads - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The biota of New Caledonia is one of the most unusual in the world. It displays
high diversity and endemism, many peculiar absences, and far‐flung biogeographic …

Distribution and relative age of endemism across islands worldwide

S Veron, T Haevermans, R Govaerts, M Mouchet… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Islands have remarkable levels of endemism and contribute greatly to global biodiversity.
Establishing the age of island endemics is important to gain insights into the processes that …

Increasing axial parenchyma fraction in the Malagasy Magnoliids facilitated the co‐optimisation of hydraulic efficiency and safety

ANA Aritsara, VM Razakandraibe… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of angiosperms was accompanied by the segregation and specialisation of
their xylem tissues. This study aimed to determine whether the fraction and arrangement of …

Assessing Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and environmental change in insular Near Oceania using stable isotope analysis of archaeological fauna

P Roberts, S Hixon, R Hamilton… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In comparison to temperate and arid regions, environmental responses to the Last Glacial
Maximum and the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene boundary remain poorly known for …

Phylogenomics and biogeography of Cunoniaceae (Oxalidales) with complete generic sampling and taxonomic realignments

Y Pillon, HCF Hopkins, O Maurin… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Cunoniaceae are a family of shrubs and trees with 27 genera and ca. 335 species,
mostly confined to tropical and wet temperate zones of the southern hemisphere. There are …

Similar hydraulic efficiency and safety across vesselless angiosperms and vessel-bearing species with scalariform perforation plates

S Trueba, S Delzon, S Isnard… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of xylem vessels from tracheids is put forward as a key innovation that boosted
hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic capacities in angiosperms. Yet, the role of xylem …