Frederic Lens
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- Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
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- Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
- IBL Algemeen
- Lens F.P., Gleason S.M., Bortolami G., Brodersen C., Delzon S. & Jansen S. (2023), Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: how to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link, IAWA Journal 44(3-4): 368-380.
- German D.A., Hendriks K.P., Koch M.A., Lens F., Lysak M.A., Bailey C.D., Mummenhoff K. & Al-Shehbaz I.A. (2023), An updated classification of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), PhytoKeys 220: 127-144.
- Engel T., Bruelheide H., Hoss D., Sabatini F.M., Altman J, Arfin‐Khan M.A.S., Bergmeier E., Černý T., Chytrý M., Dainese M., Dengler, J., Dolezal J., Field R., Fischer F.M., Huygens, D., Jandt, U., Jansen F., Jentsch A., Karger D.N., Kattge J., Lenoir J., Lens F., Loos, J., Niinemets Ü., Overbeck G.E., Ozinga W.A., Penuelas J., Peyre G., Phillips O., Reich P.B., Römermann C., Sandel B., Schmidt M., Schrodt F., Velez‐Martin E., Violle C. & Pillar V. (2023), Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally, Global Ecology and Biogeography 32(5): 695-706.
- Hay N.M., Windham M.D., Mandáková T., Lysák M.A., Hendriks K.P., Mummenhoff K., Lens F.P., Pryer K.M. & Bailey C.D. (2023), A Hyb-Seq phylogeny of Boechera and related genera using a combination of Angiosperms353 and Brassicaceae-specific bait sets, American Journal of Botany 110(10): e16226.
- Laughlin D.C., Siefert A., Fleri J., Tumber-Dávila S.J., Hammond W., Sabatini F.M., Damasceno G., Aubin I., Field R., Hatim M.Z., Jansen S., Lenoir J., Lens F.P., McCarthy J.K., Niinemets U., Phillips O.L., Attorre F., Bergeron Y., Bruun H.H., Byun C., Ćušterevska R., Dengler J., De Sanctis M., Dolezal J., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Herault B., Homeier J., Kattge J., Meir P., Mencuccini M., Noroozi J., Nowak A., Penuelas J., Schmidt M., Škvorc Ž., Sultana F., Magaña Ugarte R. & Bruelheide H. (2023), Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth, New Phytologist 240(5): 1774-1787.
- Hendriks K.P., Kiefer C., Al-Shehbaz I.A., Bailey C.D., Hooft van Huysduynen A.A.C., Nikolov L., Nauheimer, L., Zuntini A.R., German D.A., Franzke A., Koch M.A., Lysak M.A., Toro-Nunez O., Ozudogru B., Invernon V.R., Walden N., Maurin O., Hay N., Sushkov P., Mandakova T., Schranz M.E., Thulin M., Windham M., Rešetnik I., Španiel S., Ly E., Pires J.C., Harkess A., Neuffer B., Vogt R., Bräuchler C., Rainer H., Janssens S., Schmull M., Forrest A., Guggisberg A., Zmarzty S., Lepschi B., Scarlett N., Stauffer F.W., Schonberger I., Heenan P., Baker W.J., Forest F., Mummenhoff K. & Lens F.P. (2023), Global Brassicaceae phylogeny based on filtering of 1,000 gene dataset, Current Biology 33(19): 4052-4068.e6.
- Jahanbanifard M., Price E., González Benito A., Raggi L.A., Javanmardi S., Lens F., Gravendeel B., Espinoza E. & Verbeek F.J. (2023), A novel method to analyse DART TOFMS spectra based on Convolutional Neural Networks: a case study on methanol extracts of wool fibres from endangered camelids, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 489: 117050.
- Joswig J.S., Wirth C., Schuman M.C., Kattge J., Reu B., Wright I., Sippel S.D., Rüger N., Richter R., Schaepman M.E., van Bodegom P., Cornelissen J.H.C., Díaz S., Hattingh W.N., Kramer K., Lens F.P., Niinemets U., Reich P., Reichstein M., Römermann C., Schrodt F., Anand M., Bahn M., Byun C., Campetella G., Cerabolini B.E.L., Craine J.M., Gonzalez-Melo A., Gutiérrez A.G., He T., Higuchi P., Jactel H., Kraft N.J.B., Minden V., Onipchenko V., Peñuelas J., Pillar V.D., Sosinski Ê., Soudzilovskaia N.A., Weiher E.R. & Mahecha M.D. (2022), Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation, Nature ecology & evolution 6: 36-50.
- Zizka A., Onstein R.E., Rozzi R., Weigelt P., Kreft H., Steinbauer M.J., Bruelheide H. & Lens F.P. (2022), The evolution of insular woodiness, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(37): e2208629119.
- Beckers V.M.H., Rapini A., Smets E.F. & Lens F.P. (2022), Comparative wood anatomy and origin of woodiness in subfamilies Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae), Taxon 71(6): 1230-1250.
- Thonglim A., Bortolami G., Delzon S., Larter M., Offringa R., Keurentjes J.J.B., Smets E., Balazadeh S. & Lens F. (2022), Drought response in Arabidopsis displays synergistic coordination between stems and leaves, Journal of Experimental Botany 74(3): 1004-1021.
- Lens F.P., Gleason S.M., Bortolami G., Brodersen C., Delzon S. & Jansen S. (2022), Functional xylem characteristics associated with drought‐induced embolism in angiosperms, New Phytologist 236(6): 2019-2036.
- Vos R.A., Veen-van Wijk van der C.A.M., Schranz M.E., Vrieling K., Klinkhamer P.G.L. & Lens F.P. (2022), Refining bulk segregant analyses: ontology-mediated discovery of flowering time genes in Brassica oleracea, Plant Methods 18: 92.
- Pramanik D., Spaans M., Kranenburg T., Bogarin Chaves D.G., Heijungs R., Lens F.P., Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2022), Inflorescence lignification of natural species and horticultural hybrids of Phalaenopsis orchids, Scientia Horticulturae 295: 110845.
- Thonglim A., Delzon S., Larter M.D., Karami O., Rahimi A., Offringa R., Keurentjes J.J.B., Balazadeh S., Smets E.F. & Lens F.P. (2021), Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, Annals of Botany 128(2): 171-182.
- Hendriks K., Mandáková T., Hay N.M., Ly E., Hooft van Huysduynen A., Tamrakar R., Thomas S.K., Toro-Núñez O., Pires J.C., Nikolov L.A., Koch M.A., Windham M.D., Lysak M.A., Forest F., Mummenhoff K., Baker W.J., Lens F. & Bailey C.D. (2021), The best of both worlds: combining lineage specific and universal bait sets in target-enrichment hybridization reactions, Applications in Plant Sciences 9(7): e11438.
- Arx G. von, Carrer M., Crivellaro A., De Micco V., Fonti P., Lens F., Prendin A.L., Rosner S. & Sass-Klaassen U. (2021), Q-NET : a new scholarly network on quantitative wood anatomy, Dendrochronologia 70: 125890 .
- Hooft van Huysduynen A., Janssens S., Merckx V., Vos R., Valente L., Zizka A., Larter M., Karabayir B., Maaskant D., Witmer Y., Fernández-Palacios J.M., de Nascimento L., Molina Jaen R., Caujapé Castells J., Marrero-Rodríguez Á., del Arco M. & Lens F. (2021), Temporal and palaeoclimatic context of the evolution of insular woodiness in the Canary Islands, Ecology and Evolution 11(17): 12220-12231.
- Sabatini F.M., Lenoir J., Hattab T., Arnst E.A., Chytrý M., Dengler J., De Ruffray P., Hennekens S.M., Jandt U., Jansen F., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Kattge J., Levesley A., Pillar V.D., Purschke O., Sandel B., Sultana F., Aavik T., Aćić S., Acosta A.T.R., Agrillo E., Alvarez M., Apostolova I., Arfin Khan M.A.S., Arroyo L., Attorre F., Aubin I., Banerjee A., Bauters M., Bergeron Y., Bergmeier E., Biurrun I., Bjorkman A.D., Bonari G., Bondareva V., Brunet J., Čarni A., Casella L., Cayuela L., Černý T., Chepinoga V., Csiky J., Ćušterevska R., De Bie E., Gasper A.L. de, De Sanctis M., Dimopoulos P., Dolezal J., Dziuba T., El-Rouf Mousa El-Sheikh M.A., Enquist B., Ewald J., Fazayeli F., Field R., Finckh M., Gachet S., Galán-de-Mera A., Garbolino E., Gholizadeh H., Giorgis M., Golub V., Greve Alsos I., Grytnes J-A., Richard Guerin G., Gutiérrez A.G., Haider S., Hatim M.Z., Hérault B., Hinojos Mendoza G., Hölzel N., Homeier J., Hubau W., Indreica A., Janssen J.A.M., Jedrzejek B., Jentsch A., Jürgens N., Kącki Z., Kapfer J., Karger D.K., Kavgacı A., Kearsley E., Kessler M., Khanina L., Killeen T., Korolyuk A., Kreft H., Kühl H.S., Kuzemko A., Landucci F., Lengyel A., Lens F., Lingner D.V., Liu H., Lysenko T., Mahecha M.D., Marcenò C., Martynenko V., Erenskjold Moeslund J., Monteagudo Mendoza A., Mucina L., Müller J.V., Munzinger J., Naqinezhad A., Noroozi J., Nowak A., Onyshchenko V., Overbeck G.E., Pärtel M., Pauchard A., Peet R.K., Peñuelas J., Pérez-Haase A., Peterka T., Petřík P., Peyre G., Phillips O.L., Prokhorov V., Rašomavičius V., Revermann R., Rivas-Torres G., Rodwell J.S., Ruprecht E., Rūsiņa S., Samimi C., Schmidt M., Schrodt F., Shan H., Shirokikh P., Šibík J., Šilc U., Sklenář P., Škvorc Ž., Sparrow B., Gaia Sperandii M., Stančić Z., Svenning J.-C., Tang Z., Tang C.Q., Tsiripidis I., Vanselow K.A., Vásquez Martínez R., Vassilev K., Vélez-Martin E., Venanzoni R., Vibrans A.C., Violle C., Virtanen R., Wehrden H. von, Wagner V., Walker D.A., Waller D., Wang H.-F., Wesche K., Whitfeld T.J.S., Willner W., Wiser S.K., Wohlgemuth T., Yamalov S., Zobel M. & Bruelheide H. (2021), sPlotOpen: an environmentally-balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots, Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(9): 1740-1764.
- Lens F.P., Liang C., Guo Y., Tang X., Jahanbanifard M., Soares Correa da Silva F., Ceccantini. G. & Verbeek F.J. (2020), Computer-assisted timber identification based on features extracted from microscopic wood sections, IAWA Journal 41(4): 660-680.
- Lens F.P. et al. (2020), TRY plant trait database : enhanced coverage and open access, Global Change Biology 26(1): 119-188.
- Jahanbanifard M., Beckers V.M.H., Koch G., Beeckman H., Gravendeel B., Verbeek F.J., Baas P., Priester C. & Lens F.P. (2020), Description and evolution of wood anatomical characters in the ebony wood genus Diospyros and its close relatives (Ebenaceae): a first step towards combatting illegal logging, IAWA Journal 41(4): 577-619.
- Dória L.C., Podadera D.S., Lima R.S., Lens F. & Marcati C.R. (2019), Axial sampling height outperforms site as predictor of wood trait variation, IAWA Journal 40(2): 191-214.
- Bortolami G., Gambetta G.A., Delzon S., Lamarque L.J., Pouzoulet J., Badel E., Burlett R., Charrier G., Cochard H., Dayer S., Jansen S., King A., Lecomte P., Lens F.P., Torres-Ruiz J.M. & Delmas C.E.L. (2019), Exploring the hydraulic failure hypothesis on esca leaf symptom formation, Plant Physiology 181(3): 1163-1174.
- Li S., Hao G.-Y., Niinemtes Ü., Harley P.C., Wanke S., Lens F., Zhang Y.-J. & Cao K.-F. (2019), The effects of intervessel pit characteristics on xylem hydraulic efficiency and photosynthesis in hemiepiphytic and non-hemiepiphytic Ficus species, Physiologia Plantarum 167(4): 661-675.
- Jahanbanifard M., Gravendeel B., Lens F.P., Verbeek F.J. & (2019), Ebony wood identification to battle illegal trade. Hogeweg L. & Pieterse S. (red.), Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. Biodiversity Next 2019 20 oktober 2019 - 25 oktober 2019. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards nr. 3: Pensoft Publishers. e37084.
- Dória L.C., Meijs C., Podadera D.S., Del Arco M., Smets E., Delzon S. & Lens F.P. (2019), Embolism resistance in stems of herbaceous Brassicaceae and Asteraceae is linked to differences in woodiness and precipitation, Annals of Botany 124(1): 1-14.
- Trueba S., Delzon S., Isnard S. & Lens F. (2019), Similar hydraulic efficiency and safety across vesselless angiosperms and vessel-bearing species with scalariform perforation plates, Journal of Experimental Botany 70(12): 3227-3240.
- Medeiros J.S., Lens F.P., Maherali H. & Jansen S. (2019), Vestured pits and scalariform perforation plate morphology modify the relationships between angiosperm vessel diameter, climate and maximum plant height, New Phytologist 221(4): 1802-1813.
- Pfautsch S., Aspinwall M.J., Drake J.E., Chacon-Doria L., Langelaan R.J.A., Tissue D.T., Tjoelker M.G. & Lens F.P. (2018), Traits and trade-offs in whole-tree hydraulic architecture along the vertical axis of Eucalyptus grandis, Annals of Botany 121(1): 129-141.
- Ahmad H.B., Lens F., Capdeville G., Burlett R., Lamarque L.J. & Delzon S. (2018), Intraspecific variation in embolism resistance and stem anatomy across four sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) accessions, Physiologia Plantarum 163: 59-72.
- Chacon Doria L., Podadera D.S., Arco M. del, Chauvin T., Smets E.F., Delzon S. & Lens F.P. (2018), Insular woody daisies (Argyranthemum, Asteraceae) are more resistant to drought-induced hydraulic failure than their herbaceous relatives, Functional Ecology 32(6): 1467-1478.
- Volaire F., Lens F., Cochard H., Xu H., Chacon-Doria L., Bristiel P., Balachowski J., Rowe N., Violle C. & Picon-Cochard C. (2018), Embolism and mechanical resistances play a key role in dehydration tolerance of a perennial grass Dactylis glomerata L, Annals of Botany 122(2): 325-336.
- Mrad A., Domec J.-C., Huang C.-W., Lens F.P. & Katul G. (2018), A network model links wood anatomy to xylem tissue hydraulic behaviour and vulnerability to cavitation, Plant, Cell and Environment 41(12): 2718-2730.
- Bruelheide H., Dengler J., Purschke O., Lenoir J., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Hennekens S.M., Botta-Dukát Z., Chytrý M., Field R., Jansen F., Kattge J., Pillar V.D., Schrodt F., Mahecha M.D., Peet R.K., Bodegom P.M. van, Sandel B., Alvarez-Dávila E., Altman J., Attorre F., Arfin Khan M.A.S., Baraloto C., Aubin I., Bauters M., Barroso J.G., Biurrun I., Bergmeier E., Blonder B., Bjorkman A.D., Cayuela L., Carni A., Craven D., Dainese M., Cerný T., Cornelissen J.H.C., Díaz S., Doležal J., Derroire G., De Sanctis M., Fenton N.J., Garnier E., Farfan-Rios W., Feldpausch T.R., Haider S., Hattab T., Guerin G.R., Gutiérrez A.G., Hölzel N., Higuchi P., Hérault B., Henry G., Kacki Z., Jürgens N., Jentsch A., Homeier J., Knollová I., Kleyer M., Kessler M., Karger D.N., Lens F., Laughlin D.C., Kühn I., Korolyuk A.Y., Marcenò C., Mencuccini M., Müller J.V., Munzinger J., Loos J., Louault F., Lyubenova M.I., Malhi Y., Ozinga W.A., Penuelas J., Pérez-Haase A., Petrík P., Myers-Smith I.H., Neill D.A., Niinemets Ü., Orwin K.H., Sabatini F.M., Rodrigues A.V., Schmidt M., Sardans J., Pärtel M., Phillips OL., Römermann C., Reich B., Svenning J.C., Sporbert M., Thomas R., Tang Z., Silva Espejo J.E., Seidler G., Smyth A., Silveira M., Wesche K., Winter M., Weiher E., Welk E., Violle C., Virtanen R., Tsiripidis I., Vassilev K., Wirth C. & Jandt U. (2018), Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities, Nature ecology & evolution 2(12): 1906-1917.
- Pfautsch S., Aspinwall M.J., Drake J.E., Doria L.C., Langelaan R.J.A., Tissue D.T., Tjoelker M.G. & Lens F.P. (2018), Traits and trade-offs in whole-tree hydraulic architecture along the vertical axis of Eucalyptus grandis, Annals of Botany 121(1): 129-141.
- Volaire F., Lens F.P., Cochard H., Xu H., Doria L.C., Bristiel P., Balachowski J., Rowe N., Violle C. & Picon-Cochard C. (2018), Embolism and mechanical resistances play a key role in dehydration tolerance of a perennial grass Dactylis glomerata L, Annals of Botany 122(2): 325-336.
- Osorio L., Trujillo E., Lens F.P., Ivens J., Verpoest I. & Vuure A.W. van (2018), In-depth study of the microstructure of bamboo fibres and their relation to the mechanical properties, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 37(17): 1099-1113.
- Trueba S., Pouteau R., Lens F.P., Feild T.S., Isnard S., Olson M.E. & Delzon S. (2017), Vulnerability to xylem embolism as a major correlate of the environmental distribution of rain forest species on a tropical island, Plant, Cell and Environment 40(2): 277-289.
- Neupane S., Lewis P.O., Dessein S., Shanks H., Paudyal S. & Lens F.P. (2017), Evolution of woody life form on tropical mountains in the tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae), American Journal of Botany 104(3): 419-438.
- Cailleret M., Jansen S., Robert E.M.R., Desoto L., Aakala T., Antos J.A., Beikircher B., Bigler C., Bugmann H., Caccianiga M., Cada V., Camarero J.J., Cherubini P., Cochard H., Coyea M.R., Cufar K., Das A.J., Davi H., Delzon S., Dorman M., Gea-Izquierdo G., Gillner S., Haavik L.J., Hartmann H., Heres A.M., Hultine K.R., Janda P., Kane J.M., Kharuk V.I., Kitzberger T., Klein T., Kramer K., Lens F.P., Levanic T., Linares Calderon J.C., Lloret F., Lobodo-Vale R., Lombardi F., Lopez Rodriguez R., Makinen H., Mayr S., Meszaros I., Metsaranta J.M., Minunno F., Oberhuber W., Papadopoulos A., Peltoniemi M., Petritan A.M., Rohner B., Sanguesa-Barreda G., Sarris D., Smith J.M., Stan A.B., Sterck F., Stojanovic D.B., Suarez M.L., Svoboda M., Tognetti R., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Trotsiuk V., Villalba R., Vodde F., Westwood A.R., Wyckoff P.H., Zafirov N. & Martinez-Vilalta J. (2017), A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality, Global Change Biology 23(4): 1675-1690.
- Schwallier R., Gravendeel B., Boer H. de, Heuven B.J. van, Sieder A., Sumail S., Vugt R. van, Nylinder S. & Lens F. (2017), Evolution of wood anatomical characters in Nepenthes and close relatives of Caryophyllales, Annals of Botany 119(7): 1179-1193.
- Lens F.P., Vos R.A., Charrier G., Niet T. van der, Merckx V., Baas P., Gutierrez Aguirre J., Jacobs B., Chacon Doria L., Smets E.F., Delzon S. & Janssens S.B. (2016), Scalariform-to-simple transition in vessel perforation plates triggered by differences in climate during the evolution of Adoxaceae, Annals of Botany 118(5): 1043-1056.
- Gleason S.M., Westoby M., Jansen S., Choat B., Brodribb T.J., Cochard H., Delzon S., Hacke U.G., Jacobsen A.L., Johnson D.M., Lens F.P., Maherali H., Martinez-Vilalta J., Mayr S., McCulloh K.A., Morris H., Nardini A., Plavcova L., Pratt R.B., Schreiber S.G. & Zanne A.E. (2016), On research priorities to advance understanding of the safety-efficiency tradeoff in xylem: A response to Bittencourt etal.'s (2016) comment "On xylem hydraulic efficiencies, wood space-use and the safety-efficiency tradeoff': in this issue of New Phytologist, pp. 1152-1155, New Phytologist 211(4): 1156-1158.
- Lens F.P., Picon-Cochard C., Delmas C.E.L., Signarbieux C., Buttler A., Cochard H., Jansen S., Chauvin T., Chacon Doria L., Arco M. del & Delzon S. (2016), Herbaceous angiosperms are not more vulnerable to drought-induced embolism than angiosperm trees, Plant Physiology 172(2): 661-667.
- Lens F.P., Vos R.A., Charrier G., Niet T. van der, Merckx V.S.F.T., Baas P., Gutierrez J.A., Jacobs B., Chacon Doria L., Smets E.F., Delzon S. & Janssens S.B. (2016), Scalariform-to-simple transition in vessel perforation plates triggered by differences in climate during the evolution of Adoxaceae, Annals of Botany 118(5): 1043-1056.
- Lens F.P., Picon-Cochard C., Delmas C.E.L., Signarbieux C., Buttler A., Cochard H., Jansen S., Chauvin T., Chacon Doria L., Arco M. del & Delzon S. (2016), Herbaceous angiosperms are not more vulnerable to drought-induced embolism than angiosperm trees, Plant Physiology 172(2): 661-667.
- Angyalossy V., Pace M.R., Evert R.F., Marcati C.R., Oskolski A.A., Terrazas T., Kotina E., Lens F.P., Mazzoni-Viveiros S.C., Angeles G., Machado S.R., Crivellaro A., Rao K.S., Junikka l., Nikolaeva N. & Baas P. (2016), IAWA list of microscopic bark features, IAWA Journal 37(4): 517– 615.
- Kidner C., Groover A., Thomas D.C., Emelianova K., Soliz-Gamboa C. & Lens F.P. (2016), First steps in studying the origins of secondary woodiness in Begonia (Begoniaceae): combining anatomy, phylogenetics, and stem transcriptomics, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117(1): 121-138.
- Li S., Lens F.P., Espino S., Karimi Z., Klepsch M., Schenk H.J., Schmitt M., Schuldt B. & Jansen S. (2016), Intervessel pit membrane thickness as a key determinant of embolism resistance in angiosperm xylem, IAWA Journal 37(2): 152-171.
- Davin N., Edger P.P., Hefer C.A., Mizrachi E., Schuetz M., Smets E.F., Myburg A.A., Douglas C.J., Schranz M.E. & Lens F.P. (2016), Functional network analysis of genes differentially expressed during xylogenesis in soc1ful woody Arabidopsis plants, The Plant Journal 86(5): 376-390.
- Gleason S.M., Westoby M., Jansen S., Choat B., Hacke U.G., Pratt R.B., Bhaskar R., Brodribb T.J., Bucci S.J., Cao K.F, Cochard H., Delzon S., Domec J.C, Fan Z.X., Feild T.S., Jacobsen A.L., Johnson D.M., Lens F.P., Maherali H., Martinez-Vilalta J., Mayr S., McCulloh K.A., Mencuccini M., Mitchell P.J., Morris H., Nardini A., Pittermann J., Plavcova L., Schreiber S.G., Sperry J.S., Wright I.J. & Zanne A.E. (2016), Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species, New Phytologist 209(1): 123-136.
- Merckx V.S.F.T., Hendriks K.P., Beentjes K.K., Mennes C.B., Becking L.E., Peijnenburg K.T.C.A., Afendy A., Arumugam N., Boer H. de, Biun A., Buang M.M., Chen P.P., Chung A.Y.C., Dow R., Feijen F.A.A., Feijen H., Feijen- Soest C. van, Geml J., Geurts R., Gravendeel B., Hovenkamp P., Imbun P., Ipor I., Janssens S.B., Jocque M., Kappes H., Khoo E., Koomen P., Lens F.P., Majapun R.J., Morgado L.N., Neupane S., Nieser N., Pereira J.T., Rahman H., Sabran S., Sawang A., Schwallier R.M., Shim P.S., Smit H., Sol N., Spait M., Stech M., Stokvis F., Sugau J.B., Suleiman M., Sumail S., Thomas D.C., Tol J. van, Tuh F.Y.Y., Yahya B.E., Nais J., Repin R., Lakim M. & Schilthuizen M. (2015), Evolution of endemismon a young tropical mountain, Nature 524(7565): 347-350.
- Zhang N., Zhao J., Lens F.P., Visser J. de, Menamo T., Fang W., Xiao D., Bucher J., Basnet R.K., Lin K., Cheng F., Wang X. & Bonnema G. (2014), Morphology, carbohydrate composition and vernalization response in a genetically diverse collection of Asian and European Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp rapa), PLOS ONE 9(12): e114241.
- Eurlings M.C.M., Lens F.P., Pakusza C., Peelen T., Wieringa J.J. & Gravendeel B. (2013), Forensic identification of indian snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz) using DNA barcoding, Journal of Forensic Sciences 58(3): 822-830.
- Lens F.P., Davin N.F., Smets E.F. & Arco M. del (2013), Insular woodiness on the Canary Islands: a remarkable case of convergent evolution, International Journal of Plant Sciences 174(7): 992-1013.
- Lens F.P., Tixier A., Cochard H., Sperry J.S., Jansen S. & Herbette S. (2013), Embolism resistance as a key mechanism to understand adaptive plant strategies, Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16(3): 287-292.
- Appelhans M.S., Heuven B.J. van, Lens F. & Baas P. (2012), Phylogenetic and ecological signals in the wood of Spathelioideae (Rutaceae), IAWA J. 33(4): 337-353.
- Lens F.P., Cooper L., Gandolfo M.A., Groover A., Jaiswal P., Lachenbruch B., Spicer R., Staton M.E., Stevenson D.W., Walls R. & Wegrzyn J. (2012), An extension of the Plant Ontology project supporting wood anatomy and development research, IAWA Journal 33(2): 113-117.
- Lens F., Eeckhout S., Zwartjes R., Smets E. & Janssens S. (2012), The multiple fuzzy origins of woodiness within Balsaminaceae using an integrated approach. Where do we draw the line?, Annals of Botany 109: 783-799.
- Choat B., Jansen S., Brodribb T.J., Cochard H., Delzon S., Bhaskar R., Bucci S., Feild T.S., Gleason S.M., Hacke U., Jacobsen A.L., Lens F., Maherali H., Martinez-Vilalta J., Mayr S., Mencuccini M., Mitchell P.J., Nardini A., Pittermann J., Pratt R.B., Sperry J.S., Westoby M., Wright I.J. & Zanne A. (2012), Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought, 491: 752-756.
- Lens F., Smets E. & Melzer S. (2012), Stem anatomy supports Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for insular woodiness, New Phytologist 193: 12-17.
- Kattge J., Diaz S., Lavorel S., Prentice C., Leadley P., Boenisch G., Garnier E., Westoby M., Reich P.B., Wright I.J., Cornelissen J.H.C., Violle C., Harrison S.P., Bodegom P.M. van, Reichstein M., Enquist B.J., Soudzilovskaia N.A., Ackerly D.D., Anand M., Atkin O., Bahn M., Baker T.R., Baldocchi D., Bekker R., Blanco C.C., Blonder B., Bond W.J., Bradstock R., Bunker D.E., Casanoves F., Cavender-Bares J., Chambers J.Q., Chapin III F.S., Chave J., Coomes D., Cornwell W.K., Craine J.M., Dobrin B.H., Duarte L., Durka W., Elser J., Esser G., Estiarte M., Fagan W.F., Fang J., Fernandez-Mendez F., Fidelis A., Finegan B., Flores O., Ford H., Frank D., Freschet G.T., Fyllas N.M., Gallagher R.V., Green W.A., Gutierrez A.G., Hickler T., Higgins S.I., Hodgson J.G., Jalili A., Jansen S., Joly C.A., Kerkhoff A.J., Kirkup D., Kitajima K., Kleyer M., Klotz S., Knops J.M.H., Kramer K., Kuehn I., Kurokawa H., Laughlin D., Lee T.D., Leishman M., Lens F.P., Lenz T., Lewis S.L., Lloyd J., Llusia J., Louault F., Ma S., Mahecha M.D., Manning P., Massad T., Medlyn B.E., Messier J., Moles A.T., Mueller S.C., Nadrowski K., Naeem S., Niinemets U., Noellert S., Nueske A., Ogaya R., Oleksyn J., Onipchenko V.G., Onoda Y., Ordonez J., Overbeck G., Ozinga W.A., Patino S., Paula S., Pausas J.G., Penuelas J., Phillips O.L., Pillar V., Poorter H., Poorter L., Poschlod P., Prinzing A., Proulx R., Rammig A., Reinsch S., Reu B., Sack L., Salgado-Negre B., Sardans J., Shiodera S., Shipley B., Siefert A., Sosinski E., Soussana J.F., Swaine E., Swenson N., Thompson K., Thornton P., Waldram M., Weiher E., White M., White S., Wright S.J., Yguel B., Zaehle S., Zanne A.E. & Wirth C. (2011), TRY - a global database of plant traits, Global Change Biology 17(9): 2905-2935.
- Lens F.P., Sperry J.S., Christman M.A., Choat B., Rabaey D. & Jansen S. (2011), Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer, New Phytologist 190(3): 709-723.
- Subedi A., Chaudhary R.P., Achterberg C., Heijerman T., Lens F., Dooren T.J.M. van & Gravendeel B. (2011), Pollination and protection against herbivory of Nepalese Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae), American Journal of Botany 98: 1095-1103 (IF 2010: 3, 052).
- Jansen S., Gortan E., Lens F., Lo Gullo M.A., Salleo S., Scholz A., Stein A., Trifilò P. & Nardini A. (2011), Do quantitative vessel and pit characters account for ion-mediated changes in the hydraulic conductance of angiosperm xylem?, New Phytologist 189: 218-228.
- Hamann T., Smets E. & Lens F. (2011), A comparison of paraffin and resin-based techniques used in bark anatomy, Taxon 60(3): 841-851, 4 figs.
- Rabaey D., Lens F., Smets E. & Jansen S. (2010), The phylogenetic significance of vestured pits in Boraginaceae, Taxon 59(2): 510-516.
- Jacobs B., Lens F. & Smets E. (2009), Evolution of fruit and seed characters in the Diervilla and Lonicera clades (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales), Annals of Botany 104(2): 253-276.
- Lens F., Endress M.E., Baas P., Jansen S. & Smets E. (2009), Vessel grouping patterns in subfamilies Apocynoideae and Periplocoideae confirm phylogenetic value of wood structure within Apocynaceae, American Journal of Botany 96(12): 2168-2183, 36 figs.
- Lens F., Groeninckx I., Smets E. & Dessein S. (2009), Woodiness within the Spermacoceae-Knoxieae alliance (Rubiaceae): retention of the basal woody condition in Rubiaceae or recent innovation?, Annals of Botany 103(7): 1049-1064, 7 figs.
- Lens F., Kårehed J., Baas P., Jansen S., Rabaey D., Huysmans S., Hamann T. & Smets E. (2008), The wood anatomy of the polyphyletic Icacinaceae s.l., and their relationships within asterids, Taxon 57(2): 525-552.
- Lens F., Endress M.E., Baas P., Jansen S. & Smets E. (2008), Wood anatomy of Rauvolfioideae (Apocynaceae): a search for meaningful non-DNA characters at the tribal level, American Journal of Botany 95(10): 1199-1215.
- Jansen S., Pletsers A., Rabaey D. & Lens F.P. (2008), VESTURED PITS: A DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTER IN THE SECONDARY XYLEM OF MYRTALES, Journal of Tropical Forest Science 20(4): 328-339.
- Melzer S., Lens F., Gennen J., Vanneste S., Rohde A. & Beeckman T. (2008), Flowering-time genes modulate meristem determinacy and growth form in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nature Genetics 40(12): 1489-1492.
- Rabaey D., Lens F., Huysmans S., Smets E. & Jansen S. (2008), A comparative ultrastructural study of pit membranes with plasmodesmata associated thickenings in four angiosperm species, Protoplasma 233: 255-262.
- Rabaey D., Huysmans S., Lens F., Smets E. & Jansen S. (2008), Micromorphology and systematic distribution of pit membrane thickenings in Oleaceae: tori and pseudo-tori, International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal 29(4): 409-424.
- Lens F.P., Schonenberger J., Baas P., Jansen S. & Smets E.F. (2007), The role of wood anatomy in phylogeny reconstruction of Ericales, Cladistics 23(3): 229-254.
- Lens F., Baas P., Jansen S. & Smets E. (2007), A search for phylogenetically informative wood characters within Lecythidaceae s.l, American Journal of Botany 94(4): 483-502.
- Jansen S., Sano Y., Choat B., Rabaey D., Lens F.P. & Dute R.R. (2007), Pit membranes in tracheary elements of Rosaceae and related families: New records of tori and pseudotori, American Journal of Botany 94(4): 503-514.
- Rabaey D., Lens F., Smets E. & Jansen S. (2006), The micromorphology of pit membranes in tracheary elements of Ericales: new records of tori or pseudo-tori?, Annals of Botany 98(5): 943-951.
- Lens F., Dressler S., Jansen S., Evelghem L. van & Smets E. (2005), Relationships within balsaminoid Ericales: a wood anatomical approach, American Journal of Botany 92(6): 941-953.
- Lens F.P., Jansen S., Caris P., Serlet L. & Smets E.F. (2005), Comparative wood anatomy of the primuloid clade (Ericales s.I.), Systematic Botany 30(1): 163-183.
- Janssens S., Lens F.P., Dressler S., Geuten K., Smets E.F. & Vinckier S. (2005), Palynological variation in balsaminoid Ericales. II. Balsaminaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Pellicieraceae and general conclusions, Annals of Botany 96(6): 1061-1073.
- Lens F.P., Dressler S., Vinckier S., Janssens S., Dessein S., Van Evelghem L. & Smets E.F. (2005), Palynological variation in balsaminoid Ericales. I. Marcgraviaceae, Annals of Botany 96(6): 1047-1060.
- Dessein S., Ochoterena H., Block H. de, Lens P., Robbrecht E., Schols P., Smets E., Vinkier S. & Huysmans S. (2005), Palynological characters and their phylogenetic signal in Rubiaceae, The Botanical Review 71(3): 354-414.
- Lens F.P., Luteyn J.L., Smets E.F. & Jansen S. (2004), Ecological trends in the wood anatomy of Vaccinioideae (Ericaceae s.l.), Flora 199(4): 309-319.
- Lens F.P., Kron K.A., Luteyn J.L., Smets E.F. & Jansen S. (2004), Comparative wood anatomy of the blueberry tribe (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae s.l), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91(4): 566-592.
- Jansen S., Watanabe T., Caris P., Geuten K., Lens F.P., Pyck N. & Smets E.F. (2004), The distribution and phylogeny of aluminium accumulating plants in the Ericales, Plant Biology 6(4): 498-505.
- Jansen S., Choat B., Vinckier S., Lens F.P., Schols P. & Smets E.F. (2004), Intervascular pit membranes with a torus in the wood of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) and related genera, New Phytologist 163(1): 51-59.
- Lens F.P., Smets E.F. & Jansen S. (2004), Comparative wood anatomy of Andromedeae s.s., Gaultherieae, Lyonieae and Oxydendreae (Vaccinioideae, Ericaceae s.l.), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 144(2): 161-179.
- Jansen S., Baas P., Gasson P., Lens F.P. & Smets E.F. (2004), Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: Evidence from vestured pits, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(23): 8833-8837.
- Lens F.P., Gasson P., Smets E.F. & Jansen S. (2003), Comparative wood anatomy of epacrids (Styphelioideae, Ericaceae s.l), Annals of Botany 91(7): 835-856.
- Jansen S., Lens F.P., Ntore S., Piesschaert F., Robbrecht E. & Smets E.F. (2001), Contributions to the wood anatomy of the Rubioideae (Rubiaceae), Journal of Plant Research 114(3): 269-289.
- Lens F.P., Jansen S., Robbrecht E. & Smets E.F. (2000), Wood anatomy of the vanguerieae (Ixoroideae-Rubiaceae), with special emphasis on some geofrutices, IAWA Journal 21(4): 443-455.
- Lens F.P., Jansen S., Huysmans S., Robbrecht E. & Smets E.F. (2000), Pollen morphological variation in Vanguerieae (Ixoroideae Rubiaceae), Grana 39(2-3): 90-102.
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