Session: Physiological Ecology (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

PS 30-143

Do lianas and tree saplings limit the use of water by canopy trees in a seasonal tropical forest?
Michael F. Tobin, University of Houston-Downtown; Sasha J. Wright, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Scott A. Mangan, Washington University in St. Louis; Stefan A. Schnitzer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

PS 30-144

Correlated ecophysiologial leaf traits of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes
Emily M. Habinck, North Carolina State University; William A. Hoffmann, NC State University

PS 30-145

Why does elevated CO₂ affect time of flowering? An explorary study using the photoperiod flowering mutants of Arabidopsis
Xin Song, University of Pennsylvania; Dave Kristie, Acadia University; Ed Reekie, Acadia University

PS 30-146

Between a rock and a hard place: Nest site selection as a thermoregulatory mechanism in the ant Formica neorufibarbus gelida
Joseph McCaffrey, Colorado College; Adam J. McKinley, Colorado College; Sylvia Kelso, Colorado College; Candace Galen, University of Missouri-Columbia

PS 30-147

Understanding the variability of CO₂efflux from woody tissue within and among forest trees
Michele L. Pruyn, Plymouth State University; Mark E. Harmon, Oregon State University; Michael G. Ryan, Colorado State University

PS 30-148

Hydraulic constraints on maximum height in Pinus strobus trees in northern Minnesota
John C. Kamman, Bemidji State University; Matthew P. Coyle, Bemidji State University; Mark R. Fulton, Bemidji State University

PS 30-149

Stem CO₂ efflux and re-fixation in Eucalyptus globulus trees growing in the Mediterranean region
Sofia Cerasoli, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa; Joana Faria, Universidade TÃ©cnica de Lisboa; Mary Anne McGuire, University of Georgia; JoÃ£o S. Pereira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa; Manuela Chaves, Universidade TÃ©cnica de Lisboa; Robert O. Teskey, University of Georgia

PS 30-150

Moisture stress modulates the effects of elevated CO₂ on ¹³C discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency
Alan F. Talhelm, University of Idaho; Mark E. Kubiske, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Kurt S. Pregitzer, University of Idaho; William E. Holmes, University of California, Davis; Donald R. Zak, University of Michigan

PS 30-151

The effect of summer water availability on water relations of Meterosideros angustifolia in the Western Cape of South Africa
Brittany Kunz, Whittier College; Cheryl Swift, Whittier College

PS 30-152

Influences of microclimate on water relations and phenology of southern California black walnut (Juglans californica)
Brandy N. Ulrich, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Allison J. Roth, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Edward G. Bobich, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

PS 30-153

Linking elemental composition to higher-order biochemistry in grassland insects
Seth J. Wenner, University of St. Thomas; Adam D. Kay, University of St. Thomas

PS 30-154

Variation in the photoprotective strategies in two alpine plant species of central Chile
Marco A. Molina-Montenegro, Universidad de ConcepciÃ³n; Jorge Gallardo, Universidad de ConcepciÃ³n; LeÃ³n A. Bravo, Universidad de ConcepciÃ³n; Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Universidad de Concepcion, IEB Chile

PS 30-155

Sex at the thermal edge: Exploring the physiological limits to sexual reproduction in geothermal bryophytes
Todd Rosenstiel, Portland State University; Sarah Eppley, Portland State University

PS 30-156

Variation in leaf and fine stem CO₂ flux as a function of plant size: A comparison of seedlings, saplings, and trees
Kerrie M. Sendall, University of Minnesota; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota

PS 30-157

Redistribution of labile nitrogen between growing and non-growing regions: Implications for differential responses of plant growth and N uptake to high CO₂
Zaid M. McKie-Krisberg, University of Illinois at Chicago; Harbans L. Sehtiya, University of Illinois at Chicago; Hormoz BassiriRad, University of Illinois at Chicago

PS 30 - Physiological Ecology