Session: Physiological Ecology I (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

8:00 AM

COS 96-1

Role of a remnant floodplain forest in uptaking urban stormwater runoff
Heather McCarthy, University of Oklahoma; Cassie Ehardt, University of Oklahoma; Ana Rodriguez, University of Oklahoma

8:20 AM

COS 96-2

Feather characteristics as indicators of condition and immunity during the migration season
Emily A. Cornelius, University of Wisconsin; Andrew K. Davis, University of Georgia; Sonia Altizer, University of Georgia; Diane M. Borden, University of Georgia; Evan Pitman, Jekyll Island banding station

8:40 AM

COS 96-3

Smaller space, smaller skinks: Exploring the morphological consequences of habitat fragmentation within the Wog Wog Experiment
Kika Tarsi, University of Colorado at Boulder; Caroline Glidden, University of Colorado; Kendi Davies, University of Colorado

9:00 AM

COS 96-4

Variation in mesophyll conductance across local and regional aridity gradients
Michael Fell, Arizona State University; Kiona Ogle, Arizona State University

9:20 AM

COS 96-5

Diurnal changes in leaf UV-absorbing compounds and epidermal UV-transmittance
Paul W. Barnes, Loyola University; Mark A. Tobler, Loyola University; Stephan D. Flint, University of Idaho; Ronald J. Ryel, Utah State University; Ken M. Keefover-Ring, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin

9:40 AM

COS 96-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 96-6

Growth, photosynthesis and cold tolerance of Eucalyptus benthamii planted in the Piedmont of North Carolina
Kurt H. Johnsen, USDA Forest Service; Pete Anderson, USDA Forest Service; John R. Butnor, U.S. Forest Service; Kevin Hall, North Carolina State University; Joshua M. Halman, University of Vermont; Gary J. Hawley, University of Vermont; Chris A. Maier, USDA Forest Service; Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service; Jose Luiz Stape, North Carolina State University

10:10 AM

COS 96-7

Assessing temperature related variation in routine metabolic rate across the geographic range of the Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus)
Collin E. Beachum, Saint Louis University; Matt J. Michel, Saint Louis University; Jason H. Knouft, Saint Louis University

10:30 AM

COS 96-8

Seasonal and individual variation in leguminous tree nitrogen fixation in a natural ecosystem
Fiona Soper, Cornell University; Thomas W. Boutton, Texas A&M University; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University

10:50 AM

COS 96-9

Summertime fog and its impacts on the water relations of adult and sapling trees in a coastal pine forest
Sara A. Baguskas, University of California; Christopher Still, Oregon State University; Aaron R. Ramirez, University of California; Jennifer Y. King, University of California, Santa Barbara

11:10 AM

COS 96-10

Polar bear body temperatures and behavior in the changing Arctic summer
John P. Whiteman, University of Wyoming; Henry J. Harlow, University of Wyoming; Merav Ben-David, University of Wyoming; George M. Durner, U.S. Geological Survey

COS 96 - Physiological Ecology I