Armando Lenz

Address

Armando Lenz, Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056 Basel (Schweiz)
Tel. ++41 (0)61 267 35 06, Fax ++41 (0)61 267 29 80
Armando Lenz

Education

1998-2004Bündner Kantonsschule Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
2004-2005 Military service
2005-2008BSc in biology with the major in animal and plant science, University of Basel, Switzerland
2008-2010MSc in ecology, Institute of Botany University of Basel, Switzerland. Master thesis under the supervision of Prof. Ch. Körner “Low temperature limits cambial activity and determines secondary growth at the alpine treeline”
since 2010 PhD, Institute of Botany University of Basel, functional explanation of low temperature tree species limits

Publications

2013Vitasse Y, Hoch G, Randin CF, Lenz A, Kollas C, Scheepens JF, Körner Ch 2013: Elevational adaptation and plasticity in seedling phenology of temperate deciduous tree species. Oecologia, in press, doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2580-9
2012Lenz A, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2012: Low temperature limits cambial activity and determines secondary growth at the alpine treeline. Plant Ecology and Diversity, in press
Vitasse Y, Hoch G, Randin CF, Lenz A, Kollas C, Körner Ch 2012: Tree recruitment of European tree species at their current upper elevational limits in the Swiss Alps. Journal of Biogeography 39:1439-1449