COS 114 - Plant physiological ecology: light and water relations

Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Almaden Blrm II, San Jose Hilton
8:20 AM
 Roots, branches, and trunk different greatly in their xylem structure and function in Douglas-fir
Barbara Lachenbruch, Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society; Sonya M. Dunham, Oregon State University; Lisa M. Ganio, Oregon State University
8:40 AM
 Fluorescence remote sensing detection of freshwater and saltwater flooding in the evergreen shrub, Myrica cerifera
Julie Naumann, US Army Corps of Engineers -ERDC; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; John E. Anderson, US Army Corps of Engineers
9:00 AM
 The diel variation of leaf water 18O enrichment in Amazonian forests and pastures
Chun-Ta Lai, San Diego State University; Jean Ometto, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Brazil; Luiz A. Martinelli, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Joe Berry, Stanford University; Tomas Domingues, University of Edinburgh; James R. Ehleringer, University of Utah
9:20 AM
 Interactive effects of stand age and water availability on leaf gas exchange across a sagebrush fire chronosequence
Kusum Naithani, The Pennsylvania State University; Brent E. Ewers, University of Wyoming; Elise G. Pendall, University of Wyoming
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Stomatal limitation of photosynthesis increases with height in Eucalyptus regnans
George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University; Marie A. Antoine, Humboldt State University
10:10 AM
 Anthocyanin influence on light absorption within juvenile and senescing sugar maple leaves
Abby K. van den Berg, The University of Vermont; Thomas C. Vogelmann, The University of Vermont; Timothy D. Perkins, The University of Vermont
10:30 AM
 The role of leaf orientation and leaf physiology in the maximization of whole plant carbon gain
Juan Posada, Université du Québec à Montréal; Risto Sievanen, The Finnish Forest Research Institute; Jari Perttunen, The Finnish Forest Research Institute; Christian Messier, Université du Québec à Montréal; Eero Nikinmaa, University of Helsinki
10:50 AM
 Corticular photosynthesis: A mechanism for shrub expansion in coastal environments
Jaclyn K. Vick, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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