Publications
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For abstracts & links to full papers see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/H_Schenk2
Preprints
Kaack, L., M. Weber, E. Isasa, Z. Karimi, S. Li, L. Pereira, C. L. Trabi, Y. Zhang, H. J. Schenk, B. Schuldt, V. Schmidt, and S. Jansen. 2020. Pore constrictions in intervessel pit membranes reduce the risk of embolism spreading in angiosperm xylem. bioRxiv:345413. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.345413v1www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.345413v1
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Schenk, H. J., J. M. Michaud, K. Mocko, S. Espino, T. Melendres, M. R. Roth, R. Welti, L. Kaack, and S. Jansen. 2021. Lipids in xylem sap of woody plants across the angiosperm phylogeny. The Plant Journal: in press. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.15125
Schenk, H. J., S. Jansen and T. Hölttä. 2021. Positive pressure in xylem and its role in hydraulic function (Tansley review; open access). New Phytologist: in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17085
Kanduč, M., E. Schneck, P. Loche, S. Jansen, H. J. Schenk, and R. R. Netz. 2020. Cavitation in lipid bilayers poses strict negative pressure stability limit in biological liquids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 117:10733-10739. https;//doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917195117
Featured in a press release on the web site of the National Science Foundation.
Yang, J., J. M. Michaud, S. Jansen, H. J. Schenk, and Y. Y. Zuo. 2020. Dynamic surface tension of xylem sap lipids. Tree Physiology 40:433-444. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa006
Kotowska, M. M., R. Thom, Y. Zhang, H. J. Schenk, and S. Jansen. 2020. Within-tree variability and sample storage effects of bordered pit membranes in xylem of Acer pseudoplatanus. Trees - Structure and Function 34:61-71.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00468-019-01897-4
Zhang, Y., C. Carmesin, L. Kaack, M. M. Klepsch, M. Kotowska, T. Matei, H. J. Schenk, M. Weber, P. Walther, V. Schmidt, and S. Jansen. 2020. High porosity with tiny pore constrictions and unbending pathways characterise the 3D structure of intervessel pit membranes in angiosperm xylem. Plant, Cell and Environment 43:116-130 (Open access) https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13654
Kaack, L., C. M. Altaner, C. Carmesin, A. Diaz, M. Holler, C. Kranz, G. Neusser, M. Odstrcil, H. J. Schenk, V. Schmidt, M. Weber, Y. Zhang, and S. Jansen. 2019. Function and three dimensional structure of intervessel pit membranes in angiosperms: a review. IAWA Journal 40:673-702. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-40190259
De Baerdemaeker, N., K. N. R. Arachchige, J. Zinkernagel, J. Van den Bulcke, J. Van Acker, H. J. Schenk, and K. Steppe. 2019. The stability enigma of hydraulic vulnerability curves: addressing the link between hydraulic conductivity and drought-induced embolism. Tree Physiology 39: 1646-1664.
https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz078
Schenk, H. J. 2018. Wood: Biology of a living tissue. American Journal of Botany 105:139-141 (open access).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1039
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, S. M. Rich-Cavazos, and S. Jansen. 2018. From the sap’s perspective: The nature of vessel surfaces in angiosperm xylem. American Journal of Botany 105:172-185 (open access). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1034.
Cover image at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1043
Morris, H., L. Plavcová, M. Gorai, M. Klepsch, M. Kotowska, H. J. Schenk, and S. Jansen. 2018. Vessel-associated cells in angiosperm xylem: highly specialized living cells at the symplast-apoplast boundary. American Journal of Botany 105:151-160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1030
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, D. M. Romo, N. Nima, A. Y. T. Do, J. M. Michaud, B. Papahadjopoulos-Sternberg, J. Yang, Y. Zuo, K. Steppe, and S. Jansen. 2017. Xylem surfactants introduce a new element to the cohesion-tension theory. Plant Physiology 173:1177-1196 (open access). http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/173/2/1177
Li, S., F. Lens, S. Espino, Z. Karimi, M. Klepsch, H. J. Schenk, M. Schmitt, B. Schuldt, and S. Jansen. 2016. Intervessel pit membrane thickness as a key determinant of embolism resistance in angiosperm xylem. IAWA Journal 37:152-171. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22941932-20160128
Hendricks D., H. J. Schenk, and E. C. Jones. 2016. Do mature Olneya tesota (desert ironwood) trees need overland water flow? Southwestern Naturalist 61:119-124. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1894/15-00058R3.1
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, A. Visser, and B. K. Esser. 2016. Dissolved atmospheric gas in xylem sap measured with membrane inlet mass spectrometry. Plant, Cell & Environment. 39:944-950. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.12678/full
Jansen, S., and H. J. Schenk. 2015. On the ascent of sap in the presence of bubbles. American Journal of Botany 102:1561-1563. http://www.amjbot.org/content/102/10/1561
Schenk, H. J., K. Steppe, and S. Jansen. 2015. Nanobubbles: a new paradigm for air-seeding in xylem. Trends in Plant Science 20:199-205. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138515000278
Martínez-Cabrera, H. I., H. J. Schenk, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, and C. S. Jones. 2011. Integration of vessel traits, wood density, and height in angiosperm shrubs and trees. American Journal of Botany 98:915-922. http://www.amjbot.org/content/98/5/915.short
Espino, S., and H. J. Schenk. 2011. Mind the bubbles: Achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples. Journal of Experimental Botany 62:1119-1132. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/62/3/1119/478516/
Lambert, S. E., C. S. Jones, and H. J. Schenk. 2011. Distribution of axis-splitting in Mojave Desert shrub species along an elevational gradient. Journal of Arid Environments 75:106-111. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310002661
Martínez-Cabrera, H. I., C. S. Jones, S. Espino, and H. J. Schenk. 2009. Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects. American Journal of Botany 96: 1388-1398. http://www.amjbot.org/content/96/8/1388.long
Espino, S., and H. J. Schenk. 2009. Hydraulically integrated or modular?: Comparing whole-plant-level hydraulic systems between two desert shrub species with different growth forms. New Phytologist 183:142-152. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02828.x/full
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, C. M. Goedhart, M. Nordenstahl, H. I. Martinez-Cabrera, and C. S. Jones. 2008. Hydraulic integration and shrub growth form linked across continental aridity gradients. PNAS 105:11248–11253. http://www.pnas.org/content/105/32/11248.short
Schenk, H. J. 2008. The shallowest possible water extraction profile: A null model for global root distributions. Vadose Zone Journal 7:1119-1124. https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/vzj/abstracts/7/3/1119
Schenk, H. J. 2006. Essay Review: Root competition: beyond resource depletion. Journal of Ecology 94:725-739.
Schenk, H. J., and R. B. Jackson. 2005. Mapping the global distribution of deep roots in relation to climate and soil characteristics. Geoderma 126:129-140.
Casper, B. B., H. J. Schenk, and R. B. Jackson. 2003. Defining a plant's belowground zone of influence. Ecology 84:2313-2321.
Schenk, H. J., C. Holzapfel, J. G. Hamilton, and B. E. Mahall. 2003. Spatial ecology of a small desert shrub on adjacent geological substrates. Journal of Ecology 91:383-395.
Schenk, H. J. and R. B. Jackson. 2002. The global biogeography of roots. Ecological Monographs 72:311-328.
Schenk, H. J. and R. B. Jackson. 2002. Rooting depths, lateral root spreads, and belowground/aboveground allometries of plants in water limited ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 90:480-494.
Schenk, H. J., and B. E. Mahall. 2002. Positive and negative interactions contribute to a north-south-patterned association between two desert shrub species. Oecologia 132:402-410.
Schenk, H. J., and W. R. Ferren, Jr. 2001. On the sectional nomenclature of Suaeda (Chenopodiaceae). Taxon 50:857-873.
Jackson, R. B., H. J. Schenk, E. G. Jobbágy, J. Canadell, G. D. Colello, R. E. Dickinson, C. B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, M. Heimann, K. Hibbard, D. W. Kicklighter, A. Kleidon, R. P. Neilson, W. J. Parton, O. E. Sala, and M. T. Sykes. 2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change and its treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10:470-483.
Schenk, H. J. 1999. Clonal splitting in desert shrubs. Plant Ecology 141:41-52.
Schenk, H. J., R. M. Callaway, and B. E. Mahall. 1999. Spatial root segregation: Are plants territorial?
Advances in Ecological Research 28:145-180.
Fisher, D. D., H. J. Schenk, J. A. Thorsch, and W. R. Ferren, Jr. 1997. Leaf anatomy and subgeneric affiliations of C3 and C4 species of Suaeda (Chenopodiaceae) in North America. American Journal of Botany 84:1198-1210.
Schenk, H. J. 1996. Modeling the effects of temperature on growth and persistence of tree species: A critical review of tree population models. Ecological Modelling 92:1-32.
Conference Proceedings
Schenk, H. J., K. Mocko, J. M. Michaud, A. Hunt, G. Roldan, M. M. Catalan, A. Downey, and K. Steppe. 2020. In situ measurement of plant hydraulic conductance. Acta Horticulturae in press.
Jansen, S., M. Klepsch, S. Li, M. M. Kotowska, S. Schiele, Y. Zhang, and H. J. Schenk. 2018. Challenges in understanding air-seeding in angiosperm xylem. Acta Horticulturae 1222:13-20. https://www.actahort.org/books/1222/1222_3.htm
Quick, D. D., S. Espino, M. G. Morua, and H. J. Schenk. 2017. Effects of thermal gradients in sapwood on stem psychrometry. Acta Horticulturae 1197:23-29. https://www.actahort.org/books/1197/1197_4.htm
Schenk, H. J. 2014. Formation and repair of xylem embolisms: Current state of knowledge and implications for irrigation of horticultural crops. Acta Horticulturae 1038:311-325. https://www.actahort.org/books/1038/1038_37.htm
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, A. N. Mendez, and A. J. McElrone. 2013. Limitations in the hydraulic pathway: Effects of xylem embolisms on sap velocity and flow. Acta Horticulturae 991:323-332. https://www.actahort.org/books/991/991_40.htm
Book Chapters
Schenk, H. J. and W. R. Ferren, Jr. 2012. Suaeda. In: The Jepson Manual. 2nd ed. University of California Press.
Schenk, H. J. and E. W. Seabloom. 2010. Evolutionary ecology of plant signals and toxins: a conceptual framework. pp. 1-19 in Ninkovic, V. and F. Baluška (eds.) Plant communication from an ecological perspective. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Schenk, H. J. 2005. Vertical vegetation structure below ground: Scaling from root to globe. Progress in Botany 66: 341-373.
Ferren, W. R., Jr., and H. J. Schenk. 2003. Suaeda. pp. 390-398 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, editors. Flora of North America, Volume 4. Oxford University Press, New York.
Schenk, H. J., and D. B. Botkin. 1993. Long-term forest dynamics on nutrient-poor sandy soils in Northern Germany -- projections of a forest growth model. Scripta Geobotanica 21:105-118.
Commentaries
Pratt, R. B., A. L. Jacobsen, G. B. North, L. Sack, & H. J. Schenk. 2008. Plant hydraulics: new discoveries in the pipeline. New Phytologist 179:590-593.
Schenk, H. J. 2008. Soil depth, plant rooting strategies and species' niches. New Phytologist 178:223-225.
Published Databases
Schenk, H. J. & R. B. Jackson. 2003. Global Distribution of Root Profiles in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Data set with documentation. Available from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. On-line at http://www.daac.ornl.gov.
Schenk, H. J., Jackson, R.B. 2003. ISLSCP II ecosystem rooting depths. In: Hall FG, Collatz G, Meeson B, Los S, Brown de Colstoun E, Landis D (eds) ISLSCP Initiative II Collection. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov/] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
For abstracts & links to full papers see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/H_Schenk2
Preprints
Kaack, L., M. Weber, E. Isasa, Z. Karimi, S. Li, L. Pereira, C. L. Trabi, Y. Zhang, H. J. Schenk, B. Schuldt, V. Schmidt, and S. Jansen. 2020. Pore constrictions in intervessel pit membranes reduce the risk of embolism spreading in angiosperm xylem. bioRxiv:345413. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.345413v1www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.345413v1
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Schenk, H. J., J. M. Michaud, K. Mocko, S. Espino, T. Melendres, M. R. Roth, R. Welti, L. Kaack, and S. Jansen. 2021. Lipids in xylem sap of woody plants across the angiosperm phylogeny. The Plant Journal: in press. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.15125
Schenk, H. J., S. Jansen and T. Hölttä. 2021. Positive pressure in xylem and its role in hydraulic function (Tansley review; open access). New Phytologist: in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17085
Kanduč, M., E. Schneck, P. Loche, S. Jansen, H. J. Schenk, and R. R. Netz. 2020. Cavitation in lipid bilayers poses strict negative pressure stability limit in biological liquids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 117:10733-10739. https;//doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917195117
Featured in a press release on the web site of the National Science Foundation.
Yang, J., J. M. Michaud, S. Jansen, H. J. Schenk, and Y. Y. Zuo. 2020. Dynamic surface tension of xylem sap lipids. Tree Physiology 40:433-444. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa006
Kotowska, M. M., R. Thom, Y. Zhang, H. J. Schenk, and S. Jansen. 2020. Within-tree variability and sample storage effects of bordered pit membranes in xylem of Acer pseudoplatanus. Trees - Structure and Function 34:61-71.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00468-019-01897-4
Zhang, Y., C. Carmesin, L. Kaack, M. M. Klepsch, M. Kotowska, T. Matei, H. J. Schenk, M. Weber, P. Walther, V. Schmidt, and S. Jansen. 2020. High porosity with tiny pore constrictions and unbending pathways characterise the 3D structure of intervessel pit membranes in angiosperm xylem. Plant, Cell and Environment 43:116-130 (Open access) https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13654
Kaack, L., C. M. Altaner, C. Carmesin, A. Diaz, M. Holler, C. Kranz, G. Neusser, M. Odstrcil, H. J. Schenk, V. Schmidt, M. Weber, Y. Zhang, and S. Jansen. 2019. Function and three dimensional structure of intervessel pit membranes in angiosperms: a review. IAWA Journal 40:673-702. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-40190259
De Baerdemaeker, N., K. N. R. Arachchige, J. Zinkernagel, J. Van den Bulcke, J. Van Acker, H. J. Schenk, and K. Steppe. 2019. The stability enigma of hydraulic vulnerability curves: addressing the link between hydraulic conductivity and drought-induced embolism. Tree Physiology 39: 1646-1664.
https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz078
Schenk, H. J. 2018. Wood: Biology of a living tissue. American Journal of Botany 105:139-141 (open access).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1039
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, S. M. Rich-Cavazos, and S. Jansen. 2018. From the sap’s perspective: The nature of vessel surfaces in angiosperm xylem. American Journal of Botany 105:172-185 (open access). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1034.
Cover image at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1043
Morris, H., L. Plavcová, M. Gorai, M. Klepsch, M. Kotowska, H. J. Schenk, and S. Jansen. 2018. Vessel-associated cells in angiosperm xylem: highly specialized living cells at the symplast-apoplast boundary. American Journal of Botany 105:151-160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1030
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, D. M. Romo, N. Nima, A. Y. T. Do, J. M. Michaud, B. Papahadjopoulos-Sternberg, J. Yang, Y. Zuo, K. Steppe, and S. Jansen. 2017. Xylem surfactants introduce a new element to the cohesion-tension theory. Plant Physiology 173:1177-1196 (open access). http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/173/2/1177
Li, S., F. Lens, S. Espino, Z. Karimi, M. Klepsch, H. J. Schenk, M. Schmitt, B. Schuldt, and S. Jansen. 2016. Intervessel pit membrane thickness as a key determinant of embolism resistance in angiosperm xylem. IAWA Journal 37:152-171. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22941932-20160128
Hendricks D., H. J. Schenk, and E. C. Jones. 2016. Do mature Olneya tesota (desert ironwood) trees need overland water flow? Southwestern Naturalist 61:119-124. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1894/15-00058R3.1
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, A. Visser, and B. K. Esser. 2016. Dissolved atmospheric gas in xylem sap measured with membrane inlet mass spectrometry. Plant, Cell & Environment. 39:944-950. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.12678/full
Jansen, S., and H. J. Schenk. 2015. On the ascent of sap in the presence of bubbles. American Journal of Botany 102:1561-1563. http://www.amjbot.org/content/102/10/1561
Schenk, H. J., K. Steppe, and S. Jansen. 2015. Nanobubbles: a new paradigm for air-seeding in xylem. Trends in Plant Science 20:199-205. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138515000278
Martínez-Cabrera, H. I., H. J. Schenk, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, and C. S. Jones. 2011. Integration of vessel traits, wood density, and height in angiosperm shrubs and trees. American Journal of Botany 98:915-922. http://www.amjbot.org/content/98/5/915.short
Espino, S., and H. J. Schenk. 2011. Mind the bubbles: Achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples. Journal of Experimental Botany 62:1119-1132. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/62/3/1119/478516/
Lambert, S. E., C. S. Jones, and H. J. Schenk. 2011. Distribution of axis-splitting in Mojave Desert shrub species along an elevational gradient. Journal of Arid Environments 75:106-111. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310002661
Martínez-Cabrera, H. I., C. S. Jones, S. Espino, and H. J. Schenk. 2009. Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects. American Journal of Botany 96: 1388-1398. http://www.amjbot.org/content/96/8/1388.long
Espino, S., and H. J. Schenk. 2009. Hydraulically integrated or modular?: Comparing whole-plant-level hydraulic systems between two desert shrub species with different growth forms. New Phytologist 183:142-152. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02828.x/full
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, C. M. Goedhart, M. Nordenstahl, H. I. Martinez-Cabrera, and C. S. Jones. 2008. Hydraulic integration and shrub growth form linked across continental aridity gradients. PNAS 105:11248–11253. http://www.pnas.org/content/105/32/11248.short
Schenk, H. J. 2008. The shallowest possible water extraction profile: A null model for global root distributions. Vadose Zone Journal 7:1119-1124. https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/vzj/abstracts/7/3/1119
Schenk, H. J. 2006. Essay Review: Root competition: beyond resource depletion. Journal of Ecology 94:725-739.
Schenk, H. J., and R. B. Jackson. 2005. Mapping the global distribution of deep roots in relation to climate and soil characteristics. Geoderma 126:129-140.
Casper, B. B., H. J. Schenk, and R. B. Jackson. 2003. Defining a plant's belowground zone of influence. Ecology 84:2313-2321.
Schenk, H. J., C. Holzapfel, J. G. Hamilton, and B. E. Mahall. 2003. Spatial ecology of a small desert shrub on adjacent geological substrates. Journal of Ecology 91:383-395.
Schenk, H. J. and R. B. Jackson. 2002. The global biogeography of roots. Ecological Monographs 72:311-328.
Schenk, H. J. and R. B. Jackson. 2002. Rooting depths, lateral root spreads, and belowground/aboveground allometries of plants in water limited ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 90:480-494.
Schenk, H. J., and B. E. Mahall. 2002. Positive and negative interactions contribute to a north-south-patterned association between two desert shrub species. Oecologia 132:402-410.
Schenk, H. J., and W. R. Ferren, Jr. 2001. On the sectional nomenclature of Suaeda (Chenopodiaceae). Taxon 50:857-873.
Jackson, R. B., H. J. Schenk, E. G. Jobbágy, J. Canadell, G. D. Colello, R. E. Dickinson, C. B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, M. Heimann, K. Hibbard, D. W. Kicklighter, A. Kleidon, R. P. Neilson, W. J. Parton, O. E. Sala, and M. T. Sykes. 2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change and its treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10:470-483.
Schenk, H. J. 1999. Clonal splitting in desert shrubs. Plant Ecology 141:41-52.
Schenk, H. J., R. M. Callaway, and B. E. Mahall. 1999. Spatial root segregation: Are plants territorial?
Advances in Ecological Research 28:145-180.
Fisher, D. D., H. J. Schenk, J. A. Thorsch, and W. R. Ferren, Jr. 1997. Leaf anatomy and subgeneric affiliations of C3 and C4 species of Suaeda (Chenopodiaceae) in North America. American Journal of Botany 84:1198-1210.
Schenk, H. J. 1996. Modeling the effects of temperature on growth and persistence of tree species: A critical review of tree population models. Ecological Modelling 92:1-32.
Conference Proceedings
Schenk, H. J., K. Mocko, J. M. Michaud, A. Hunt, G. Roldan, M. M. Catalan, A. Downey, and K. Steppe. 2020. In situ measurement of plant hydraulic conductance. Acta Horticulturae in press.
Jansen, S., M. Klepsch, S. Li, M. M. Kotowska, S. Schiele, Y. Zhang, and H. J. Schenk. 2018. Challenges in understanding air-seeding in angiosperm xylem. Acta Horticulturae 1222:13-20. https://www.actahort.org/books/1222/1222_3.htm
Quick, D. D., S. Espino, M. G. Morua, and H. J. Schenk. 2017. Effects of thermal gradients in sapwood on stem psychrometry. Acta Horticulturae 1197:23-29. https://www.actahort.org/books/1197/1197_4.htm
Schenk, H. J. 2014. Formation and repair of xylem embolisms: Current state of knowledge and implications for irrigation of horticultural crops. Acta Horticulturae 1038:311-325. https://www.actahort.org/books/1038/1038_37.htm
Schenk, H. J., S. Espino, A. N. Mendez, and A. J. McElrone. 2013. Limitations in the hydraulic pathway: Effects of xylem embolisms on sap velocity and flow. Acta Horticulturae 991:323-332. https://www.actahort.org/books/991/991_40.htm
Book Chapters
Schenk, H. J. and W. R. Ferren, Jr. 2012. Suaeda. In: The Jepson Manual. 2nd ed. University of California Press.
Schenk, H. J. and E. W. Seabloom. 2010. Evolutionary ecology of plant signals and toxins: a conceptual framework. pp. 1-19 in Ninkovic, V. and F. Baluška (eds.) Plant communication from an ecological perspective. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Schenk, H. J. 2005. Vertical vegetation structure below ground: Scaling from root to globe. Progress in Botany 66: 341-373.
Ferren, W. R., Jr., and H. J. Schenk. 2003. Suaeda. pp. 390-398 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, editors. Flora of North America, Volume 4. Oxford University Press, New York.
Schenk, H. J., and D. B. Botkin. 1993. Long-term forest dynamics on nutrient-poor sandy soils in Northern Germany -- projections of a forest growth model. Scripta Geobotanica 21:105-118.
Commentaries
Pratt, R. B., A. L. Jacobsen, G. B. North, L. Sack, & H. J. Schenk. 2008. Plant hydraulics: new discoveries in the pipeline. New Phytologist 179:590-593.
Schenk, H. J. 2008. Soil depth, plant rooting strategies and species' niches. New Phytologist 178:223-225.
Published Databases
Schenk, H. J. & R. B. Jackson. 2003. Global Distribution of Root Profiles in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Data set with documentation. Available from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. On-line at http://www.daac.ornl.gov.
Schenk, H. J., Jackson, R.B. 2003. ISLSCP II ecosystem rooting depths. In: Hall FG, Collatz G, Meeson B, Los S, Brown de Colstoun E, Landis D (eds) ISLSCP Initiative II Collection. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov/] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
