Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos I, San Jose Hilton
COS 93 - Plant physiological ecology: Water relations
1:30 PMContractile roots and water uptake in agaves, yuccas, and aloes
Gretchen B. North, Occidental College
1:50 PMHydraulic design criteria for compound leaves
Katherine McCulloh, Oregon State University, Frederick C. Meinzer, USDA Forest Service, John Sperry, University of Utah, Barbara Lachenbruch, Oregon State University
2:10 PMFunctional coordination between branch hydraulic properties and leaf gas exchange in California's Redwoods
Anthony R. Ambrose, UC Berkeley, Todd E. Dawson, UC Berkeley, Stephen C. Sillett, Humboldt State University
2:30 PMStable isotopes reveal foliar uptake of fog water by Redwood forest plants
Emily B. Limm, University of California, Berkeley, Kevin A. Simonin, University of California, Berkeley, Aron G. Bothman, University of California, Berkeley, Todd E. Dawson, University of California, Berkeley
2:50 PMBranch hydraulic parameters do not vary with height in Eucalyptus regnans
Christina R. Bentrup, Northern Arizona University, Melinda R. McKinney, Northern Arizona University, George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMThe effect of night-time transpiration on the magnitude of hydraulic redistribution in four diverse species
Ava R. Howard, University of Georgia, Lisa A. Donovan, University of Georgia
3:40 PMNight-time stomatal conductance associated with xylem embolism repair in the desert shrub Encelia farinosa
H. Jochen Schenk, California State University Fullerton, Susana Espino, California State University Fullerton, Daisha C. Ortega, California State University Fullerton, Jessica Hoang, California State University Fullerton
4:00 PMSupport for a fiber inclusive model of xylem cavitation resistance
Anna L. Jacobsen, Michigan State University, R. Brandon Pratt, California State University Bakersfield
4:20 PMPhysiological adaptations increase survival for riparian tree seedlings subject to river stage decline
John C. Stella, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, John J. Battles, UC Berkeley, Joe R. McBride, UC Berkeley, Bruce K. Orr, Stillwater Sciences
4:40 PMCanopy wetness decouples plants from soil water deficit
Kevin A. Simonin, University of California Berkeley, Louis Santiago, University of California, Riverside, Todd E. Dawson, University of California, Berkeley

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