Session: Physiological Ecology IV (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

COS 91-1

From cradle to grave: The impacts of RDX across three life stages of Morella cerifera
Stephen M. Via, Virginia Commonwealth University; Julie Zinnert, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

8:20 AM

COS 91-2

The dynamic pipeline: Hydraulic capacitance and xylem hydraulic safety in four tall conifer species
Frederick C. Meinzer, USDA Forest Service; Katherine A. McCulloh, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Daniel M. Johnson, Duke University; David R. Woodruff, USDA Forest Service

8:40 AM

COS 91-3

The prevalence and significance of foliar water uptake in tropical montane cloud forest plants
Gregory Goldsmith, Chapman University; Todd Dawson, University of California Berkeley

9:00 AM

COS 91-4

Predictions for desert biocrust moss performance and decline under future precipitation scenarios
Kirsten K. Coe, Cornell University; Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey; Stephen Ellner, Cornell University; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University

9:20 AM

COS 91-5

Being young and hot: Fitness-related implications of thermal variation associated with retreat site use across ontogenetic stages in the spider, Morebilus plagusius
Francesca T. van den Berg, The University of Sydney; Michael B. Thompson, The University of Sydney; Dieter F. Hochuli, The University of Sydney

9:40 AM

COS 91-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 91-6

New insights into fern stomatal behavior based on leaf responses to light, CO₂, and VPD in a common garden
Chris Creese, UCLA; Steven Oberbauer, Florida International University; Lawren Sack, UCLA

10:10 AM

COS 91-7

Within-crown and whole-tree water use patterns in Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees
Anthony R. Ambrose, University of California; Stephen C. Sillett, Humboldt State University; Todd Dawson, University of California Berkeley; George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University; Stephen S. Burgess, University of Western Australia

10:30 AM

COS 91-8

Drought tolerance strategies of grasses: The trade-off between stress tolerance and growth
Troy W. Ocheltree, University of Minnesota; Jesse Nippert, Kansas State University; P. V. V. Prasad, Kansas State University; Mary Beth Kirkham, Kansas State University

10:50 AM

COS 91-9

Effects of cloud immersion and elevation on sapling photosynthesis and water status in relic spruce-fir (Picea rubens and Abies fraseri) forest, southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
Z. Carter Berry, University of New Hampshire; William K. Smith, University of Montana

11:10 AM

COS 91-10

Protections against drought-induced xylem embolisms in shrubs: Resistance, repair, and redundancy
H. Jochen Schenk, California State University Fullerton; Susana Espino, California State University Fullerton; Kerri Mocko, University of Connecticut; Hugo Martinez-Cabrera, University of Connecticut; Cynthia S. Jones, University of Connecticut

COS 91 - Physiological Ecology IV