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 PMCOS 93-1Contractile roots and water uptake in agaves, yuccas, and aloes
Gretchen B. North, Occidental College
1:50 PMCOS 93-2Hydraulic 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 PMCOS 93-3Functional 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 PMCOS 93-4Stable 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 PMCOS 93-5Branch 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 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 93-6The 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 PMCOS 93-7Night-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 PMCOS 93-8Support for a fiber inclusive model of xylem cavitation resistance
Anna L. Jacobsen, Michigan State University, R. Brandon Pratt, California State University Bakersfield
4:20 PMCOS 93-9Physiological 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 PMCOS 93-10Canopy 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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