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  1. Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: how to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link

    Article • IAWA Journal, October 2023, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  2. Functional xylem characteristics associated with drought‐induced embolism in angiosperms

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  3. Computer-assisted timber identification based on features extracted from microscopic wood sections

    Article • IAWA Journal, July 2020, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  4. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2019, Wiley

    Tereza Mašková, Piermaria Corona, Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Julia C Sfair, Dr David YP Tng, Dr Fabio Carvalho, Katarina Cufar, Péter Török

  5. Exploring the Hydraulic Failure Hypothesis of Esca Leaf Symptom Formation

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, August 2019, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  7. The effects of intervessel pit characteristics on xylem hydraulic efficiency and photosynthesis in hemiepiphytic and non‐hemiepiphytic Ficus species

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  8. Axial sampling height outperforms site as predictor of wood trait variation

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2019, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  9. Embolism resistance in stems of herbaceous Brassicaceae and Asteraceae is linked to differences in woodiness and precipitation

    Article • Annals of Botany, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  10. Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens

  11. Vestured pits and scalariform perforation plate morphology modify the relationships between angiosperm vessel diameter, climate and maximum plant height

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  12. A network model links wood anatomy to xylem tissue hydraulic behaviour and vulnerability to cavitation

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  13. Bamboo fibre composites

    Article • Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, June 2018, SAGE Publications

    Lina Osorio, Dr. Frederic Lens

  14. Embolism and mechanical resistances play a key role in dehydration tolerance of a perennial grass Dactylis glomerata L.

    Article • Annals of Botany, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  15. Insular woody daisies ( Argyranthemum, Asteraceae) are more resistant to drought‐induced hydraulic failure than their herbaceous relatives

    Article • Functional Ecology, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  16. Traits and trade-offs in whole-tree hydraulic architecture along the vertical axis of Eucalyptus grandis

    Article • Annals of Botany, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  17. Intraspecific variation in embolism resistance and stem anatomy across four sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) accessions

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, December 2017, Wiley

    HAFIZ BASHIR Ahmad, Dr. Frederic Lens

  18. Evolution of wood anatomical characters in Nepenthes and close relatives of Caryophyllales

    Article • Annals of Botany, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  19. Evolution of woody life form on tropical mountains in the tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  21. IAWA List of Microscopic Bark Features

    Article • IAWA Journal, November 2016, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Alan Crivellaro

  22. A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Article • Global Change Biology, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose M. Torres-Ruiz, Dr Henrik Hartmann, Dr. Frederic Lens, Katarina Cufar

  23. Scalariform-to-simple transition in vessel perforation plates triggered by differences in climate during the evolution of Adoxaceae

    Article • Annals of Botany, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  24. INTERVESSEL PIT MEMBRANE THICKNESS AS A KEY DETERMINANT OF EMBOLISM RESISTANCE IN ANGIOSPERM XYLEM

    Article • IAWA Journal, July 2016, Brill

    Professor Steven Jansen, Dr. Frederic Lens

  25. On research priorities to advance understanding of the safety-efficiency tradeoff in xylem

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2016, Wiley

    Hugh Morris, Dr. Frederic Lens

  26. Herbaceous angiosperms are not more vulnerable to drought-induced embolism than angiosperm trees

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  27. Woody Arabidopsis, from Gene to Network

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2016, Wiley

    Nicolas Davin, Dr. Frederic Lens

  28. Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2015, Wiley

    Prof Maurizio Mencuccini, Hugh Morris, Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr. Kun-Fang Cao

  29. Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain

    Article • Nature, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  30. First steps in studying the origins of secondary woodiness inBegonia(Begoniaceae): combining anatomy, phylogenetics, and stem transcriptomics

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  31. Morphology, Carbohydrate Composition and Vernalization Response in a Genetically Diverse Collection of Asian and European Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2014, PLOS

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  32. Insular Woodiness on the Canary Islands: A Remarkable Case of Convergent Evolution

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, September 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  33. Embolism resistance as a key mechanism to understand adaptive plant strategies

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  34. Forensic Identification of Indian Snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentinaBenth. ex Kurz) Using DNA Barcoding

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Jan J Wieringa, Dr. Frederic Lens

  35. Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Article • Nature, November 2012, Nature

    Prof Maurizio Mencuccini, Dr. Frederic Lens

  36. The multiple fuzzy origins of woodiness within Balsaminaceae using an integrated approach. Where do we draw the line?

    Article • Annals of Botany, December 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  37. Stem anatomy supports Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for insular woodiness

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  38. Pollination and protection against herbivory of Nepalese Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  39. TRY - a global database of plant traits

    Article • Global Change Biology, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens, Professor Carlos A. JOLY

  40. Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  41. Do quantitative vessel and pit characters account for ion-mediated changes in the hydraulic conductance of angiosperm xylem?

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  42. Vessel grouping patterns in subfamilies Apocynoideae and Periplocoideae confirm phylogenetic value of wood structure within Apocynaceae

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  43. Evolution of fruit and seed characters in the Diervilla and Lonicera clades (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales)

    Article • Annals of Botany, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  44. Woodiness within the Spermacoceae–Knoxieae alliance (Rubiaceae): retention of the basal woody condition in Rubiaceae or recent innovation?

    Article • Annals of Botany, March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  45. Flowering-time genes modulate meristem determinacy and growth form in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  46. Wood anatomy of Rauvolfioideae (Apocynaceae): a search for meaningful non-DNA characters at the tribal level

    Article • American Journal of Botany, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  47. A comparative ultrastructural study of pit membranes with plasmodesmata associated thickenings in four angiosperm species

    Article • PROTOPLASMA, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  48. The role of wood anatomy in phylogeny reconstruction of Ericales

    Article • Cladistics, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  49. Pit membranes in tracheary elements of Rosaceae and related families: new records of tori and pseudotori

    Article • American Journal of Botany, April 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  50. The Micromorphology of Pit Membranes in Tracheary Elements of Ericales: New Records of Tori or Pseudo-tori?

    Article • Annals of Botany, August 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  51. Palynological Variation in Balsaminoid Ericales. I. Marcgraviaceae

    Article • Annals of Botany, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  52. Palynological Variation in Balsaminoid Ericales. II. Balsaminaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Pellicieraceae and General Conclusions

    Article • Annals of Botany, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  53. Comparative Wood Anatomy of the Primuloid Clade (Ericales s.l.)

    Article • Systematic Botany, January 2005, American Society of Plant Taxonomists

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  54. The Distribution and Phylogeny of Aluminium Accumulating Plants in the Ericales

    Article • Plant Biology, July 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  55. Intervascular pit membranes with a torus in the wood of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) and related genera

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  56. Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: Evidence from vestured pits

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  57. Comparative wood anatomy of Andromedeae s.s., Gaultherieae, Lyonieae and Oxydendreae (Vaccinioideae, Ericaceae s.l.)

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, February 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  58. Ecological trends in the wood anatomy of Vaccinioideae (Ericaceae s.l.)

    Article • Flora, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  59. Comparative Wood Anatomy of Epacrids (Styphelioideae, Ericaceae s.l.)

    Article • Annals of Botany, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  60. Contributions to the Wood Anatomy of the Rubioideae (Rubiaceae)

    Article • Journal of Plant Research, September 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  61. Pollen morphological variation in Vanguerieae (Ixoroideae Rubiaceae)

    Article • Grana, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  62. WOOD ANATOMY OF THE VANGUERIEAE (IXOROIDEAERUBIACEAE), WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SOME GEOFRUTICES

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2000, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  63. Article • JSTOR

    Dr. Frederic Lens