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  1. Modeling trait heterogeneity and inferring causal links in the macroevolution of growth habit in eudicot angiosperms

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  2. Investigating the intraspecific diversity of Vitis vinifera responses to esca with a physiopathology approach

    Article • December 2025, openRxiv

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  3. Human‐Induced Downsizing of Animal Communities Weakens Trait Matching Between Tropical Plants and Frugivores

    Article • Ecology Letters, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  4. Wood anatomy helps solve challenging taxonomic relationships in the tropical Sapotaceae

    Article • IAWA Journal, October 2025, De Gruyter

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  5. Climatic seasonality and topographic complexity shape plant growth form distributions in the Canary Islands

    Article • September 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  6. Global convergence in wood evolution is driven by drought on continents and frost-free temperatures on islands

    Article • September 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  7. Capacity building in crucifer research—from BrassiBase to a taxonomic expert network (BrassiTEN)

    Article • Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  8. Impact of sampling strategy on inference of community assembly processes in phylogenetic island biogeography

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  9. Mitoplastomic discordance in Brassicaceae phylogenomics confirms the complex evolutionary history of the family

    Article • Annals of Botany, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  10. Integrating gene expression analysis and ecophysiological responses to water deficit in leaves of tomato plants

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maximilian Larter, Dr. Frederic Lens

  11. Apocynaceae wood evolution matches key morphological innovations

    Article • American Journal of Botany, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  12. Integrating Gene Expression Analysis and Ecophysiological Responses to Water Deficit in Leaves of Tomato Plants

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Maximilian Larter, Dr. Frederic Lens

  13. Machine learning-based wood anatomy identification: towards anatomical feature recognition

    Article • IAWA Journal, April 2024, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  14. Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms

    Article • Nature, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elton John de Lirio, Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • IAWA Journal, October 2023, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  16. Complementing model species with model clades

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  17. A Hyb‐Seq phylogeny of Boechera and related genera using a combination of Angiosperms353 and Brassicaceae‐specific bait sets

    Article • American Journal of Botany, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  18. Global Brassicaceae phylogeny based on filtering of 1,000-gene dataset

    Article • Current Biology, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  19. Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens, Jesse Fleri

  20. 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

    Article • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  21. An updated classification of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)

    Article • PhytoKeys, March 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  22. Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, February 2023, Wiley

    Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens

  23. Drought response in Arabidopsis displays synergistic coordination between stems and leaves

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, November 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Maximilian Larter, Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  25. The evolution of insular woodiness

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  26. Comparative wood anatomy and origin of woodiness in subfamilies Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae)

    Article • Taxon, July 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  27. Refining bulk segregant analyses: ontology-mediated discovery of flowering time genes in Brassica oleracea

    Article • Plant Methods, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  28. Inflorescence lignification of natural species and horticultural hybrids of Phalaenopsis orchids

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  29. Plant longevity, drought and island isolation favoured rampant evolutionary transitions towards insular woodiness

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  30. Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  31. Molecular identification of plants: from sequence to species

    Article • December 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  32. Q-NET – a new scholarly network on quantitative wood anatomy

    Article • Dendrochronologia, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Alan Crivellaro

  33. Temporal and palaeoclimatic context of the evolution of insular woodiness in the Canary Islands

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Maximilian Larter, Dr. Frederic Lens

  34. The best of both worlds: Combining lineage‐specific and universal bait sets in target‐enrichment hybridization reactions

    Article • Applications in Plant Sciences, July 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  35. sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  36. Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

    Article • Annals of Botany, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Maximilian Larter, Dr. Frederic Lens

  37. 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

    Article • IAWA Journal, October 2020, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • IAWA Journal, July 2020, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  39. 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, Dr Jaime E Villacís, Dr Francesco Chianucci

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

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  41. Ebony Wood Identification to Battle Illegal Trade

    Article • Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, June 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  42. 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

  43. 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

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

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2019, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  45. 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

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

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  47. Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

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

    Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens

  48. 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

  49. Bamboo fibre composites

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

    Lina Osorio, Dr. Frederic Lens

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. 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

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

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  56. 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

  57. IAWA List of Microscopic Bark Features

    Article • IAWA Journal, November 2016, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Alan Crivellaro

  58. 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, Ricardo Villalba

  59. 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

  60. 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

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

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2016, Wiley

    Hugh Morris, Dr. Frederic Lens

  62. 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

  63. Woody Arabidopsis, from Gene to Network

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2016, Wiley

    Nicolas Davin, Dr. Frederic Lens

  64. 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

  65. Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. 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

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

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  70. 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

  71. Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Article • Nature, November 2012, Nature

    Prof Maurizio Mencuccini, Dr. Frederic Lens

  72. 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

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

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • American Journal of Botany, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  75. TRY - a global database of plant traits

    Article • Global Change Biology, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens, Professor Carlos A. JOLY

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. The phylogenetic significance of vestured pits in Boraginaceae

    Article • Taxon, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  79. 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

  80. 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

  81. 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

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

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  83. 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

  84. 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

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

    Article • Cladistics, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  86. 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

  87. 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

  88. Palynological Variation in Balsaminoid Ericales. I. Marcgraviaceae

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  89. 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

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

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • Plant Biology, July 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2004, Wiley

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  93. 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

  94. 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

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

    Article • Flora, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

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

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  98. Pollen morphological variation in Vanguerieae (Ixoroideae Rubiaceae)

    Article • Grana, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Frederic Lens

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

    Article • IAWA Journal, January 2000, Brill

    Dr. Frederic Lens

  100. Article • JSTOR

    Dr. Frederic Lens