96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

COS 79 - Physiological Ecology II

Wednesday, August 10, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
12B, Austin Convention Center
1:30 PM
Physiological mechanisms of sustained growth despite crown scorch in a young longleaf pine plantation
Mary Anne Sword Sayer, USDA Forest Service; Stanley J. Zarnoch, USDA Forest Service; James D. Haywood, USDA Forest Service
1:50 PM
Soil type specialization and functional traits in Inga (Fabaceae): Comparison between sapling and adult stages
Danielle T. Palow, University of Florida; Kristen Nolting, Michigan State University; Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida
2:10 PM
Variation in canopy gas exchange and hydraulic conductance following three years of experimental rainfall manipulation in a piñon-juniper woodland
Robert E. Pangle, University of New Mexico; Jean-Marc Limousin, University of New Mexico; Nathan Gehres, University of New Mexico; Patrick J. Hudson, University of New Mexico- Albuquerque; Amanda Boutz, University of New Mexico; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:30 PM
Comparative hydraulic performance of piñon and juniper in a rainfall manipulation experiment
Patrick J. Hudson, University of New Mexico- Albuquerque; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico
2:50 PM
The implications of isohydric and anisohydric regulation of leaf water potential under current and future precipitation regimes
Jennifer A. Plaut, University of New Mexico; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Canopy stomatal conductance under drought, disturbance and death
Karina VR Schafer, Rutgers University Newark
3:40 PM
Coordinated adjustments in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine xylem efficiency, safety, and capacitance along a gradient of increasing aridity in Oregon
Barbara Lachenbruch, Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society; David M. Barnard, Colorado State University; Frederick C. Meinzer, USDA Forest Service; Katherine McCulloh, Oregon State University
4:00 PM
Photosynthesis in Perennial Cereals: How do perennial cereals balance seed production and long term survival?
Nikhil S. Jaikumar, University of Illinois; Sieglinde Snapp, Michigan State University
4:20 PM
Light use and water relations of three evergreen shrubs in an eastern temperate forest understory
Sheri A. Shiflett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game