Tree down

Published 17 July 07 05:33 PM | robyn.owens 

I arrived at work this morning to find a tree down - it seemed to have simply fallen over, and there wasn't even a storm last night. Perhaps the soil scientists will explain how this happened?

 

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# wayne.griffiths said on July 17, 2007 6:19 PM:

A really bad case of termites?

# robyn.owens said on September 18, 2007 8:55 AM:

From the Vice-Chancellor on September 18th:

"On July 19 a large Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus) located in the vicinity of the Great Court fell unexpectedly. Fortunately, this occurred early in the morning and there were no injuries. Following this event, Facilities Management’s Grounds Section arranged for an inspection of the fallen tree and the Tasmanian Blue Gums in the vicinity. The tree that fell was found to have been infected by Armillaria root rot. Three additional mature trees were identified as a major risk. These trees have been tagged and will be removed as soon as possible."

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About robyn.owens

I started my academic life doing a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics at UWA before going to Oxford to complete an MSc and a DPhil, also in Mathematics. I then spent three years in Paris at l'Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, continuing research in mathematical analysis and going to lots of movies before returning to UWA to work as a research mathematician. I have lectured in Maths and Computer Science at UWA, as well as for short periods at Berkeley, The University of Canterbury in Christchurch, and Prince Songkla University in Thailand. My research has focussed on computer vision, including feature detection in images, 3D shape measurement, image understanding, and representation.