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Steven Jansen

Steven Jansen

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
33013
World Ranking
432
National Ranking
40

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

Steven Jansen mostly deals with Xylem, Botany, Ecology, Water transport and Hydraulic conductivity. He has included themes like Porosity, Membrane, Cavitation and Woody plant in his Xylem study. His Botany research includes elements of Soil science and Soil water.

The Ecology study which covers Agronomy that intersects with Fagus sylvatica, Plant physiology and Indicator species. His work focuses on many connections between Hydraulic conductivity and other disciplines, such as Transpiration, that overlap with his field of interest in Hydraulic efficiency. His work carried out in the field of Ecosystem brings together such families of science as Taxon, Tree species, Biogeochemistry and Secondary chemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum (1631 citations)
  • TRY - a global database of plant traits (1611 citations)
  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought (1256 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Steven Jansen mainly focuses on Botany, Xylem, Water transport, Ecology and Membrane. His research integrates issues of Perforation and Anatomy in his study of Botany. While the research belongs to areas of Xylem, he spends his time largely on the problem of Biophysics, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Cell wall.

Water transport and Cavitation are two areas of study in which he engages in interdisciplinary work. When carried out as part of a general Ecology research project, his work on Climate change, Ecosystem, Adaptation and Biodiversity is frequently linked to work in Trait, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Porosity and Hydraulic conductance in addition to Membrane.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (64.68%)
  • Xylem (51.67%)
  • Water transport (17.84%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Xylem (51.67%)
  • Embolism (10.78%)
  • Ecology (15.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Xylem, Embolism, Ecology, Botany and Trait. In his papers, he integrates diverse fields, such as Xylem and Water transport. His study in Climate change, Ecosystem, Global warming, Adaptation and Species richness falls under the purview of Ecology.

His Ecosystem research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Global biodiversity, Biodiversity, Species level and Atlantic forest. Steven Jansen combines subjects such as Perforation and Morphology with his study of Botany. The Membrane structure research Steven Jansen does as part of his general Membrane study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Alcohol treatment, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access (179 citations)
  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses (72 citations)
  • Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees (46 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

Steven Jansen focuses on Xylem, Membrane, Botany, Water transport and Vegetation. His Xylem research integrates issues from Wall thickness, Cell wall and Parenchyma. His work deals with themes such as Apoplast and Seeding, which intersect with Membrane.

His Perforation plate study in the realm of Botany interacts with subjects such as Quantitative variation. His study on Water transport is intertwined with other disciplines of science such as Porosity, Porous medium and Soil science. His Vegetation research incorporates elements of Adaptation, Productivity and Resistance.

Best Publications

  • Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

    Jerome Chave;David Coomes;Steven Jansen;Simon L. Lewis

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

    William R. L. Anderegg;Tamir Klein;Megan Bartlett;Lawren Sack

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

    Sean M. Gleason;Sean M. Gleason;Mark Westoby;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  • Global wood density database

    AE Zanne;G Lopez-Gonzalez;DA Coomes;J Ilic

  • Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function

    Brendan Choat;Alexander R. Cobb;Steven Jansen

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

    Frederic Lens;Frederic Lens;John S. Sperry;Mairgareth A. Christman;Brendan Choat

  • A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

  • The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

    Megan K. Bartlett;Tamir Klein;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  • Research frontiers for improving our understanding of drought-induced tree and forest mortality.

    Henrik Hartmann;Catarina F. Moura;Catarina F. Moura;Catarina F. Moura;William R. L. Anderegg;Nadine K. Ruehr

  • Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

    Hervé Cochard;Eric Badel;Stéphane Herbette;Sylvain Delzon

  • Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees

    Lucía DeSoto;Lucía DeSoto;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Frank Sterck;Steven Jansen

  • Evolutionary control of leaf element composition in plants

    Toshihiro Watanabe;Martin R. Broadley;Steven Jansen;Steven Jansen;Philip J. White

  • Morphological variation of intervessel pit membranes and implications to xylem function in angiosperms.

    Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat;Annelies Pletsers

  • Aluminum Hyperaccumulation in Angiosperms: A Review of Its Phylogenetic Significance

    Steven Jansen;Martin R. Broadley;Elmar Robbrecht;Erik Smets

  • How to quantify conduits in wood

    Alexander Scholz;Matthias Michael Klepsch;Zohreh Karimi;Steven Jansen

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions

    Ethan E. Butler;Abhirup Datta;Habacuc Flores-Moreno;Ming Chen

  • Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro)

    Bradley O. Christoffersen;Bradley O. Christoffersen;Manuel Gloor;Sophie Fauset;Nikolaos M. Fyllas

  • A Global analysis of parenchyma tissue fractions in secondary xylem of seed plants

    Hugh Morris;Lenka Plavcová;Patrick Cvecko;Esther Fichtler

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

    F. Lens;J.S. Sperry;M.A. Christmas;D. Rabaey

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederic Lens
Frederic Lens Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Brendan Choat
Brendan Choat Western Sydney University
Erik Smets
Erik Smets Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Hervé Cochard
Hervé Cochard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Régis Burlett
Régis Burlett University of Bordeaux
Sylvain Delzon
Sylvain Delzon University of Bordeaux
Pieter Baas
Pieter Baas Leiden University
José M. Torres-Ruiz
José M. Torres-Ruiz INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Suzy Huysmans
Suzy Huysmans University of Antwerp
Koen Kramer
Koen Kramer Wageningen University & Research

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