Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion V, Hyatt
Presider:
Richard W. Lucas
1:30 PM
Rapid tree mortality following experimental drought
Enrico A. Yepez, University of New Mexico;
Jennifer A. Plaut, University of New Mexico;
Judson P. Hill, University of New Mexico;
Jennifer Johnson, University of New Mexico;
Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University;
Monica L. Gaylord, Northern Arizona University;
Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University;
Paulette L. Ford, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station;
Donald O. Natvig, University of New Mexico;
William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico;
Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:10 PM
Nighttime water loss in desert plants: A call for revisiting theories of optimal stomatal behavior
Richard W. Lucas, University of Wyoming;
Kiona Ogle, Arizona State University;
Lisa D. Patrick, University of Arizona;
Jessica M. Cable, University of Alaska;
Greg A. Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona;
Alden Griffith, Wellesley College;
Danielle D. Ignace, University of Arizona;
Darrel Jenerette, University of California-Riverside;
Anna P. Tyler, University of Arizona;
Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine;
Michael Loik, University of California;
Stanley D. Smith, University of Nevada, Las Vegas;
David T. Tissue, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond NSW
3:40 PM
Effects of conduit spatial distribution on xylem network properties
Maurizio Mencuccini, ICREA - CREAF and University of Edinburgh;
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, CREAF / Autonomous University of Barcelona;
Lasse Loepfe, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona;
Josep Piñol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona;
Mireia Burnat, CREAF / Autonomous University of Barcelona;
F. Xavier Alvarez, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona;
Juan Camacho, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona;
Debora Gil, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
