Session: Physiology I (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

COS 20-1

Intra-organismal variation in xylem and phloem conduit structure in poplar trees
Jessica Valdovinos-Ayala, California State University, Bakersfield; Anna L. Jacobsen, California State University, Bakersfield

1:50 PM

COS 20-2

Vascular development in very young conifer seedlings: Theoretical hydraulic capacities and potential resistance to embolism
Megan L Miller, University of Idaho; Daniel M. Johnson, University of Idaho

2:10 PM

COS 20-3

Are seasonal variations in carbon and nutrient storage more pronounced in deciduous than in evergreen trees?
Frida I. Piper, Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)

2:30 PM

COS 20-4

Xylem vessel structure, hydraulic efficiency and safety of shrub species at an interior mixed chaparral site
Marta I. Percolla, California State University, Bakersfield; Anna L. Jacobsen, California State University, Bakersfield; R. Brandon Pratt, California State University, Bakersfield

2:50 PM

COS 20-5

Why do leaf venation networks have loops? Testing hypotheses with an Andes-Amazon elevation gradient
Benjamin W. Blonder, University of Arizona; Norma Salinas, Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Lisa Patrick Bentley, Sonoma State University; Alexander Shenkin, University of Oxford; Percy Chambi Porroa, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Yolvi Valdez Tejeira, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Tatiana Boza Espinoza, University of Zurich; Gregory Goldsmith, Chapman University; Lucas Enrico, University of Cordoba; Roberta Martin, Carmegie Institution; Gregory P. Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science; Sandra Díaz, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Brian Enquist, University of Arizona; Yadvinder Malhi, University of Oxford

3:10 PM

COS 20-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 20-6

Seasonal trends in leaf non-structural carbohydrates driven by depletion of starch in Larrea tridentata
Jessica S. Guo, Northern Arizona University; Linnea F. Gear, Northern Arizona University; Kevin R. Hultine, Desert Botanical Garden; Kiona Ogle, Northern Arizona University

3:40 PM

COS 20-7

Plant water content is the best predictor of drought-induced mortality
Gerard Sapes, University of Montana; Beth Roskilly, University of Montana; Anna Sala, University of Montana

4:00 PM

COS 20-8

Impacts of root growth after planting on hydraulic physiology and morphology of Douglas-fir seedlings
Rebecca A. Sheridan, Oregon State University; Anthony S. Davis, Oregon State University

4:20 PM

COS 20-9

Temperature-related decline in northern Wisconsin boreal trees
Maegan A. Gagne, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Katherine A. McCulloh, University of Wisconsin-Madison

4:40 PM

COS 20-10

Selective pressures on C₄ photosynthesis evolution in grasses through the lens of optimality
Haoran Zhou, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology; Brent Helliker, University of Pennsylvania; Erol Akçay, University of Pennsylvania

COS 20 - Physiology I