Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Almaden Blrm II, San Jose Hilton
COS 154 - Phenotypic plasticity: Plants
8:00 AMCOS 154-1Nitrogen conservation via resorption across two fertility gradients
Mark D. Norris, SUNY Brockport, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota
8:20 AMCOS 154-2Adjustment of height growth to the speed of height increase of artificial light gradients in the stoloniferous plant Potentilla reptans
Peter J. Vermeulen, Utrecht University, Niels P.R. Anten, Utrecht University, H.J. During, Utrecht University
8:40 AMCOS 154-3Leaf biochemical and optical properties of Metrosideros polymorpha across environmental gradients in Hawaii
Roberta Martin, Carnegie Institution, Gregory Asner, Carnegie Institution
9:00 AMCOS 154-4Root plasticity as a potential driver of niche complementarity
Liesje Mommer, Radboud University Nijmegen, Hans de Kroon, Radboud University Nijmegen, Jasper Van Ruijven, Wageningen University, Frank Berendse, Wageningen University
9:20 AMCOS 154-5Assessing the biological relevance of edaphic heterogeneity: Genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity in an invasive annual plant, Erodium cicutarium
Brooke S. Baythavong, University of California Davis, Maureen Stanton, University of California Davis, Kevin Rice, University of California Davis
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 154-6Costs and benefits of plasticity to temporally variable environments in the Piriqueta caroliniana complex
Amanda N. Henderson, Portland State University, Jennifer M. Rhode, Georgia College and State University, Mitchell B. Cruzan, Portland State University
10:10 AMCOS 154-7Integration of functional traits in twelve milkweed (Asclepias) species: A macroevolutionary approach
Alexis C. Erwin, Cornell University, Susan C. Cook, Cornell University, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
10:30 AMCOS 154-8When are red juvenile leaves mature enough to be green? The coordination of anthocyanin decline with photosynthetic maturity
Nicole M. Hughes, Wake Forest University, William K. Smith, Wake Forest University
10:50 AMCOS 154-9Plastic bet-hedging in an amphicarpic annual as an integrated strategy under variable conditions
Hagai Guterman, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Asaf Sadeh, University of Haifa

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