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Frederic Lens

Frederic Lens

De eindeloze variatie aan groeivormen in bloeiende planten en de evolutionaire adaptieve betekenis ervan fascineren mij. Met een achtergrond in de plantenanatomie leerde ik later anatomische observaties functioneel te interpreteren met betrekking tot droogtestresstolerantie.

Als evolutiebioloog wil ik beter begrijpen waarom planten zich tijdens de evolutionaire geschiedenis ontwikkelen tot houtige soorten (bomen, struiken, lianen) en waarom deze transities naar houtigheid zich honderden keren onafhankelijk van elkaar hebben ontwikkeld. Door modellen van evolutie en ecologie te combineren met experimenteel werk, ontwikkelen we een nieuwe, multidisciplinaire onderzoekslijn over het onderwerp houtevolutie. Deze zal bijdragen tot een beter begrip van hoe wilde planten en gewassen tijdens de huidige klimaatsveranderingen reageren op droogtestress.

Sleutelwoorden

Droogtestress tolerantie, houtevolutie, houtanatomie, houtidentificatie, watertransport

Prof. Dr. Frederic Lens

Groepsleider
Functional Traits

Hoogleraar 'Biodiversiteit en Anatomie van Planten'
@IBL - Universiteit Leiden, webpagina

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ORCID

frederic.lens@naturalis.nl

Evolutie naar houtigheid
het vinden van de mechanismen

Waarom hebben planten houtige stengels ontwikkeld gedurende hun evolutie? Welke impact heeft houtvorming in stengels op droogtestresstolerantie? Hoe kunnen we houtidentificatie op basis van anatomie vereenvoudigen?

We hebben ontdekt dat tijdens de evolutionaire geschiedenis van bloemplanten 700 keer transities zijn opgetreden van niet-verhoute naar verhoute soorten. Dit roept de vraag op waarom al deze evolutionaire transities heeft aangestuurd.

Houten anatomische doorsneden
Dit is Frederic Lens met een gigantische houtige kool

Actuele
onderwerpen

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Identificatie van verhandelde houtsoorten

Identificatie van verhandelde houtsoorten

Kunnen we onze bossen helpen beschermen door douanebeambten en andere belanghebbenden een hulpmiddel voor houtidentificatie te bieden waarmee ze illegaal gekapte houtmonsters kunnen identificeren? Op weg naar het ontwikkelen van een op AI-gebaseerde tool…
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houtcollectie Ebenaceae

De kracht van vergelijkende houtanatomie

Naturalis heeft een lange geschiedenis in het onderzoek naar houtanatomie en herbergt één van de grootste wetenschappelijke houtcollecties ter wereld (ca. 125.000 monsters). Door het snijden van dunne plakjes hout, beschrijven we de buitengewone variatie…
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Belangrijke
publicaties

  • Zizka A., Onstein R.E., Rozzi R., Weigelt P., Kreft H., Steinbauer M.J., Bruelheide H., Lens F. 2022. The evolution of insular woodiness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119: e2208629119
  • Lens F., 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: 2019-2036
  • Dória L.C., Podadera D.S., del Arco M., Chauvin T., Smets E., Delzon S., Lens F. 2018. Insular woody daisies (Argyranthemum, Asteraceae) are more resistant to drought-induced hydraulic failure than their herbaceous relatives. Functional Ecology 32: 1467-1478.
  • Lens F., 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: 709-723.
  • Melzer S., Lens F., Gennen J., Vanneste S., Rhode A., Beeckman T. 2008. Flowering-time genes modulate meristem determinacy and growth form in Arabidopsis. Nature Genetics 40: 1489-1492.

PhD- en postdoctorale
begeleiding

Naturalis wil een aantrekkingspool zijn voor wetenschappelijk talent uit binnen- en buitenland. In mijn team zijn op dit moment drie postdocs en drie PhD-studenten actief, naast een variërend aantal BSc- en MSc-studenten.

  • Kasper Hendriks - postdoc - Bouwen van moleculaire stamboom van de kruisbloemigen om houtvorming bij planten te bestuderen
  • Clara Rodriguez Morata - postdoc - Klimaat en conflict in de oostelijke Pacifische regio: studie van een mogelijke catastrofaal El Niño event en de impact op oude Peruviaanse beschavingen (320-200 v.Chr.) via een interdisciplinaire aanpak
  • Leticia Vega -postdoc - Dateren van historisch eikenhout afkomstig van jonge bomen met behulp van isotoopdendrochronologie
  • Ryan Brewer - PhD - Bestuderen van de rol van plantenkenmerken in diversificatie van bloemplantenen in de Canarische Eilanden 
  • Ornela Nanwou Dehayem - PhD - Bouwen van een kenmerk-afhankelijk diversificatiemodel voor eilandsoorten
  • Anai Pereira - PhD - Onderzoek naar de impact van lignine/hout in stengels op droogteresistentie bij planten
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Onderwijs
activiteiten

  • Bacheloronderwijs: Biodiversiteit van Planten - deel anatomie (1ste BSc), Universiteit Leiden 
  • Masteronderwijs: Development and Evolution - Evolutie van houtvorming bij planten, Universiteit Leiden 

Studenten
projecten

De volgende projecten zijn bveschikbaar voor BSc and MSc studenten (in het Engels).

Phylo_tree

Phylogenomics of the mustard family (Brassicaceae)

In the flowering plants, herbaceous plants have evolved into woody plants hundreds of times independently from each other during evolutionary history. With over 100 documented cases, this rigorous morphological transition is especially common in the…
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In de
media

  • Evolutie van houtvorming bij bloemplanten op eilanden (in Nederlands)
  • Mogelijke gevolgen van het houtachtiger maken van gewassen (in Nederlands)
  • Bossen leiden onder droogtestress (in Engels)
  • Opsomming van globale, functionele eigenschappen TRY database (in Engels)
Frederic lens presentatie

Publicaties

2025

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Dehayem O.N., Brewer R.F.A., Valente L., Lens F., Etienne R.S. 2025. Impact of sampling strategy on inference of community assembly processes in phylogenetic island biogeography.. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16 (7) : 14 p. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70058
2024

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2023

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Hay N.M., Windham M.D., Mandáková T., Lysak M.A., Hendriks K.P., Mummenhoff K., Lens F., 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16226
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. 2023. Global Brassicaceae phylogeny based on filtering of 1,000 gene dataset.. Current Biology 33 (19) : 4052-4068 . DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.026
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01069-2
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., 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19276
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19276
2022

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Pramanik D., Spaans M., Kranenburg T., Bogarin D., Heijungs R., Lens F., Smets E., Gravendeel B. 2022. Inflorescence lignification of natural species and horticultural hybrids of Phalaenopsis orchids.. Scientia Horticulturae 295: 110845. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110845
Joswig J.S., Wirth C., Schuman M.C., Kattge J., Reu B., Wright I.J., Sippel S.D., Rüger N., Richter R., Schaepman M.E., Bodegom P.M. van, Cornelissen J.H.C., Díaz S., Hattingh W.N., Kramer K., Lens F., Niinemets Ü., Reich P.B., 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 and Evolution 6 (1) : 36-50. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8
2021

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

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., Nascimento L. de, Jaén-Molina R., Caujapé Castells J., Marrero-Rodríguez Á., Arco M. del, Lens F. 2021. Temporal and palaeoclimatic context of the evolution of insular woodiness in the Canary Islands.. Ecology and Evolution 11 (17) : 12220-12231. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7986
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.7986
Hendriks K.P, 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) : 12 p. e11438. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11438
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., de Gasper A.L., 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., von Wehrden H., 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13346
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13346
2020

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Thonglim A., Delzon S., Larter M., Karami O., Rahimi A., Offringa R., Keurentjes J.J.B., Balazadeh S., Smets E., Lens F. 2020. Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. Annals of Botany: mcaa196. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa196
Kattge J., ... Lens F., ... Wirth C. 2020. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119–188. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
2019

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Dória L.C., Meijs C., Podadera D.S., del Arco M., Smets E., Delzon S., Lens F. 2019. Embolism resistance in stems of herbaceous Brassicaceae and Asteraceae is linked with differences in woodiness and precipitation. Annals of Botany 124: 1-13. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy233
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., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Delmas C.E.L. 2019. Exploring the hydraulic failure hypothesis of esca leaf symptom formation. Plant Physiology 181: 1163-1174. DOI https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00591
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: 661-675. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12923
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12923
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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-40190245
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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz133
Medeiros J.S., Lens F., 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15536
2018

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Doria L.C., Podadera D.S., del Arco M., Chauvin T., Smets E., Delzon S., Lens F. 2018. Insular woody daisies (Argyranthemum, Asteraceae) are more resistant to drought-induced hydraulic failure than their herbaceous relatives. Functional Ecology 32: 1467-1478. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13085
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., Peet R.K., Sandel B., van Bodegom P., Altman J., Alvarez Davila E., Arfin Khan M.A.S., Attorre F., Aubin I., Baraloto C., Barroso J.G., Bauters M., Bergmeier E., Biurrun I., Bjorkman A.D., Blonder B., Čarni A., Cayuela L., Černý T., Cornelissen J.H.C., Craven D., Dainese M., Derroire G., De Sanctis M., Díaz S., Doležal J., Farfan-Rios W., Feldpausch T.R., Fenton N.J., Garnier E., Guerin G.R., Gutiérrez A.G., Haider S., Hattab T., Henry G., Hérault B., Higuchi P., Hölzel N., Homeier J., Jentsch A., Jürgens N., Kącki Z., Karger D.N., Kessler M., Kleyer M., Knollová I., Korolyuk A.Y., Kühn I., Laughlin D.C., Lens F., Loos J., Louault F., Lyubenova M.I., Malhi Y., Marcenò C., Mencuccini M., Müller J.V., Munzinger J., Myers-Smith I.H., Neill D.A., Niinemets Ü., Orwin K.H., Ozinga W.A., Penuelas J., Pérez-Haase A., Petřík P., Phillips O.L., Pärtel M., Reich P.B., Römermann C., Rodrigues A.V., Sabatini F.M., Sardans J., Schmidt M., Seidler G., Silva Espejo J.E., Silveira M., Smyth A., Sporbert M., Svenning J.-C., Tang Z., Thomas R., Tsiripidis I., Vassilev K., Violle C., Virtanen R., Weiher E., Welk E., Wesche K., Winter M., Wirth C., Jandt U. 2018. Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1906-1917. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8
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: 1-12. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy073
Pfautsch S., Aspinwall M.J., Drake J.E., Chacon Dória L., Langelaan R.J.A., Tissue D.T., Tjoelker M.G., Lens F. 2018. Traits and trade-offs in whole-tree hydraulic architecture along the vertical axis of Eucalyptus grandis. Annals of Botany 121: 129-141. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx137
Osorio L., Trujillo E., Lens F., Ivens J., Vuure A.W. van, Verpoest I. 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684418783055
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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12654
Mrad A., Domec J.-C., Huang C.-W., Lens F., Katul G. 2018. A network model links wood anatomy to xylem tissue hydraulic behaviour and vulnerability to cavitation. Plant, Cell & Environment 41 (12) : 2718-2730. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13415
2017

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Schwallier R., Gravendeel B., de Boer H., van Heuven B.J., Sieder A., Sumail S., van Vugt R., Nylinder S., Lens F. 2017. Evolution of wood anatomical characters in Nepenthes and close relatives of Caryophyllales. Annals of Botany 119: 1179-1193. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx010
Cailleret M., Jansen S., Robert E.M.R., DeSoto L., Aakala T., Antos J., Beikircher B., Bigler C., Bugmann H., Caccianiga M., Cada V., Camarero J.J., Cherubini P., Cochard H., Coyea M., Cufar K., Das A., Davi H., Delzon S., Dorman M., Gea-Izquierdo G., Gillner S., Haavik L.J., Hartmann H., Heres A.M., Hultine K., Janda P., Kane J., Kharuk V.I., Kitzberger T., Klein T., Kramer K., Lens F., Levanic T., Linares Calderon C.J.C., Lloret F., Lobo-Do-Vale R., Lombardi F.C., Lopez Rodriguez R., Makinen H., Mayr S., Mészáros I., Metsaranta J.M., Minunno F., Oberhuber W., Ojeda V.S., Papadopoulos A., Peltoniemi M., Petritan A.M., Rohner B., Sangüesa-Barreda G., Sarris D., Smith J.M., Stan A., Sterck F., Stojanovic D., Suarez M.L., Svoboda M., Tognetti R., Torres-Ruiz J., Trotsiuk V., Villalba R., Vodde F., Westwood A., Wyckoff P., Zafirov N., Martínez-Vilalta J. 2017. A global synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality. Global Change Biology 23: 1675–1690. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13535
Trueba S., Pouteau R., Lens F., Field 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 & Environment 40: 277-289. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12859
Neupane S., Lewis P.O., Dessein S., Shanks H., Paudyal S., Lens F. 2017. Evolution of woody life form on tropical mountains in the tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany 104: 419–438. DOI https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1600248
2016

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Lens F., Vos R., Charrier G., Niet T. van der, Merckx V., Baas P., Aguirre Gutierrez J., Jacobs B., Chacon Doria L., Smets E., Delzon S., Janssens S. 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw151
Kidner C., Groover A., Thomas D., Emelianova K., Soliz-Gamboa C., Lens F. 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: 17 p. 121-138. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12492
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., Field T.S., Jacobsen A.L., Johnson D.M., Lens F., Maherali H., Martínez-Vilalta J., Mayr S., McCulloh K.A., Mencuccini M., Mitchell P.J., Morris H., Nardini A., Pittermann J., Plavcová 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: 13 p. 123-136. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13646
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., Maherali H., Martínez-Vilalta J., Mayr S., McCulloh K.A., Morris H., Nardini A., Plavcová 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 et al.’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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14043
Li S., Lens F., 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: 152-171. DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-20160128
Angyalossy V., Pace M.R., Evert R.F., Marcati C.R., Oskolski A.A., Terrazas T., Kotina E., Lens F., 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: 517-615. DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-20160151
Lens F., Picon-Cochard C., Delmas C., Signarbieux C., Buttler A., Jansen S., Chauvin T., Chacon Doria L., Arco M. del, Cochard H., Delzon S. 2016. Herbaceous angiosperms are not more vulnerable to drought-induced embolism than angiosperm trees.. Plant Physiology 172: 661-667. DOI https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00829
2015

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

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., de Boer H., Biun A., Buang M.M., Chen P.-P., Chung A.Y.C., Dow R., Feijen F.A.A., Feijen H., Feijen-van Soest C, Geml J., Geurts R., Gravendeel B., Hovenkamp P., Imbun P., Ipor I., Janssens S.B., Jocqué M. Kappes H., Khoo E., Koomen P., Lens F., 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., van Tol J., Tuh F.Y.Y., Yahya B.E., Nais J., Repin R., Lakim M. & Schilthuizen M. 2015. Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain. Nature 524 (7565) : 347-350. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14949
2014

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Zhang N.W., Zhao J.J., Lens F., Visser J. de, Menamo T., Fang W., Xiao D., Bucher J., Basnet R.K., Lin K., Cheng F., Wang X.W., 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114241
2013

Books as editor

Baas P., Battipaglia G., Micco V. De, Lens F., Wheeler E. (eds.) 2013. Wood structure in plant biology and ecology. IAWA Journal. 34: 180 p. BRILL, Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789004265592.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2012

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Choat B., Jansen S., Brodribb T.J., Cochard H., Delzon S., Bhaskar R., Bucci S.J., Feild T.S., Gleason S.M., Hacke U.G., 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.E. 2012. Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought. Nature 491 (7426) : 752-756. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11688
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/453830
Lens F., Cooper L., Gandolfo M.A., Groover A., Jaiswal P., Lachenbruch B., Spicer R., Staton M.E., Stevenson D.W., Walls R.L., Wegrzyn J. 2012. An extension of the plant ontology project supporting wood anatomy and development research. IAWA Journal 33 (2) : 113-117.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/429515
2011

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

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 F.S. III, 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., 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. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/423730
2010

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2009

Chapters in book

Lens F., Jansen S. 2009. Wood and Timber: Theophrastaceae. Series A: Phanerogams Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, UK.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2008

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Lens F., Karehed 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.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/424648
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. IAWA Journal 29 (4) : 409-424.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/429536
2007

Chapters in book

Baas P., Lens F., Wheeler E.A. 2007. Wood Anatomy. Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). 18 National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Jansen S., Sano Y., Choat B., Rabaey D., Lens F., 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.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/423505
2006

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2005

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Dessein S., Ochoterena H., Block P. de, Lens F., Robbrecht E., Schols P., Smets E., Vinckier S., Huysmans S. 2005. Palynological characters and their phylogenetic signal in Rubiaceae. Botanical Review 71 (3) : 354-414.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/407298
2004

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Lens F., Luteyn J.L., Smets E., Jansen S. 2004. Ecological trends in the wood anatomy of Vaccinioideae (Ericaceae s.l.). Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 199 (4) : 309-319.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/424624
Jansen S., Baas P., Gasson P., Lens F., Smets E. 2004. Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: Evidence from vestured pits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101 (23) : 8833-8837.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/423503
Lens F., Smets E., 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.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/424620
Lens F., Kron K.A., Luteyn J.L., Smets E., Jansen S. 2004. Comparative wood anatomy of the blueberry tribe (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae s.l). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91 (4) : 566-592.
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/423810
2003

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2001

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2000

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed