Vincent Merckx
Postdoc guest
- Name
- Dr. V.S.F.T. Merckx
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3570
- merckx@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
PhD Candidates
Postdoc guest
- Science
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
- IBL Algemeen
- Wang D., Trimbos K.B., Fernandes Gomes S.I., Jacquemyn H. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2024), Metabarcoding read abundances of orchid mycorrhizal fungi are correlated to copy numbers estimated using ddPCR, New Phytologist 242(4): 1825-1834.
- Bogarn Chaves D.G., Lens F.P. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2024), Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms, Nature 629: 843-850.
- Fernandes Gomes S.I., Fortuna M.A., Bascompte J. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2022), Mycoheterotrophic plants preferentially target arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi that are highly connected to autotrophic plants, New Phytologist 235(5): 2034-2045.
- Fernandes Gomes S.I., Kikuchi I.A.B.S., Lachenaud O., Perdomo J., Léotard G., Maas P.J.M., Maas-van de Kamer H. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2022), Unravelling the species diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of the mycoheterotrophic Voyrieae (Gentianaceae) and the description of a new species, Taxon 71(5): 1013-1024.
- 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., de Nascimento L., Molina Jaen R., Caujapé Castells J., Marrero-Rodríguez Á., del Arco M. & Lens F. (2021), Temporal and palaeoclimatic context of the evolution of insular woodiness in the Canary Islands, Ecology and Evolution 11(17): 12220-12231.
- Wang D.Y., Jacquemyn H., Gomes S.I.F., Vos R.A. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2021), Symbiont switching and trophic mode shifts in Orchidaceae, New Phytologist 231(2): 791-800.
- Soudzilovskaia N.A., Vaessen S., Barcelo M., He J., Rahimlou S., Abarenkov K., Brundrett M.C., Gomes S.I.F., Merckx V.S.F.T. & Tedersoo L. (2020), FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations, New Phytologist 227(3): 955-966.
- Martorelli I., Helwerda L.S., Kerkvliet J., Gomes S.I.F., Nuytinck J., Werff C.R.A. van der, Ramackers G.J., Goultiaev A.P., Merckx V.S.F.T. & Verbeek F.J. (2020), Fungal metabarcoding data integration framework for the MycoDiversity DataBase (MDDB), Journal Integrative Bioinformatics 17(1): 20190046.
- Giesemann P., Eichenberg D., Stockel M., Seifert L.F., Gomes S.I.F., Merckx V.S.F.T. & Gebauer G. (2020), Dark septate endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Paris-morphotype) affect the stable isotope composition of 'classically' non-mycorrhizal plants, Functional Ecology 34(12): 2453-2466.
- Gomes S.I.F., Merckx V.S.F.T., Kehl J. & Gebauer G. (2020), Mycoheterotrophic plants living on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are generally enriched in(13)C,N-15 and(2)H isotopes, Journal of Ecology 108(4): 1250-1261.
- Merckx V.S.F.T. & Gomes S.I.F. (2020), Symbiosis: herbivory alters mycorrhizal nutrient exchange, Current Biology 30(10): R437-R439.
- Gomes S.I.F., Bodegom P.M. van, Merckx V.S.F.T. & Soudzilovskaia N.A. (2019), Global distribution patterns of mycoheterotrophy, Global Ecology and Biogeography 28(8): 1133-1145.
- Gomes S.I.F., Bodegom P.M. van, Merckx V.S.F.T. & Soudzilovskaia N.A. (2019), Environmental drivers for cheaters of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tropical rainforests, New Phytologist 223(3): 1575–1583.
- Merckx V.S.F.T., Gomes S.I.F., Wapstra M., Hunt C., Steenbeeke G., Mennes C.B., Walsh N., Smissen R., Hsieh T.-H., Smets E.F. & Bidartondo M.I. (2017), The biogeographical history of the interaction between mycoheterotrophic Thismia (Thismiaceae) plants and mycorrhizal Rhizophagus (Glomeraceae) fungi, Journal of Biogeography 44(8): 1869–1879.
- Lens F.P., Vos R.A., Charrier G., Niet T. van der, Merckx V.S.F.T., Baas P., Gutierrez J.A., Jacobs B., Chacon Doria L., Smets E.F., Delzon S. & Janssens S.B. (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.
- Lens F.P., Vos R.A., Charrier G., Niet T. van der, Merckx V., Baas P., Gutierrez Aguirre J., Jacobs B., Chacon Doria L., Smets E.F., Delzon S. & Janssens S.B. (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.
- Mennes C.B., Lam V.K.Y., Rudall P.J., Lyon S.P., Graham S.W., Smets E.F. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2015), Ancient Gondwana break-up explains the distribution of the mycoheterotrophic family Corsiaceae (Liliales), Journal of Biogeography 42(6): 1123-1136.
- Mennes C.B., Moerland M.S., Rath M., Smets E.F. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2015), Evolution of Mycoheterotrophy in plygalaceae: The case of epirixanthes, American Journal of Botany 102(4): 598-608.
- Merckx V.S.F.T. & Smets E.F. (2014), Thismia Americana, the 101st anniversary of a botanical mystery, International Journal of Plant Sciences 175(2): 165-175.
- Carvalheiro L.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Benadi G., Frund J., Stang M., Bartomeus I., Kaiser-Bunbury C.N., Baude M., Fernandes Gomes S.I., Merckx V.S.F.T., Baldock K.C.R., Bennett A.T.D., Boada R., Bommarco R., Cartar R., Chacoff N., Danhardt J., Dicks L.V., Dormann C.F., Ekroos J., Henson K.S.E., Holzschuh A., Junker R.R., Lopezaraiza-Mikel M., Memmott J., Montero-Castano A., Nelson I.L., Petanidou T., Power E.F., Rundlof M., Smith H.G., Stout J.C., Temitope K., Tscharntke T., Tscheulin T., Vila M. & Kunin W.E. (2014), The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness, Ecology Letters 17(11): 1389-1399.
- Mennes C.B., Smets E.F., Moses S.N. & Merckx V.S.F.T. (2013), New insights in the long-debated evolutionary history of Triuridaceae (Pandanales), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 994-1004.
- Merckx V.S.F.T., Kissling J., Hentrich H., Janssens S.B., Mennes C.B., Specht C.D. & Smets E.F. (2013), Phylogenetic relationships of the mycoheterotrophic genus voyria and the implications for the biogeographic history of gentianaceae , American Journal of Botany 100(4): 712-721.
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