ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

COS 155 - Plant physiological ecology: Temperature effects, growth relations

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

San Carlos I, San Jose Hilton

8:00 AM

COS 155-1

Protein:RNA ratios and N:P stoichiometry of “pygmy” and normal pines: A test of the growth-rate hypothesis
Virginia Matzek, Santa Clara University; Peter M. Vitousek, Stanford University

8:20 AM

COS 155-2

Functional ecology of dauciform roots in sedges (Carex: Cyperaceae)
Wenli Ji, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture & Forestry; Martin J. Lechowicz, McGill University; Marcia J. Waterway, McGill University

8:40 AM

COS 155-3

Environmental variables influence the foliar concentration and emission of mono- and sesquiterpenes in lemon verbena (Aloysia citriodora)
Rebekah E. Chapman, Georgia State University; James M. Affolter, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia; Stanley J. Kays, University of Georgia

9:00 AM

COS 155-4

Tree height and interannual growth variation: Are tall trees more sensitive?
Michael B. Barber, Northern Arizona University; George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University

9:20 AM

COS 155-5

Calcium addition at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest increases sugar storage, antioxidant activity, and cold tolerance in native red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg)
Joshua M. Halman, University of Vermont; Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service; Gary J. Hawley, University of Vermont; Christopher Eagar, USDA Forest Service, NRS

9:40 AM

COS 155-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 155-6

Freezing tolerance in high and low latitude populations of Larrea tridentata: Evidence for local adaptation to long-term minimum temperature
Juliana S. Medeiros, The Holden Arboretum

10:10 AM

COS 155-7

Does temperature acclimation dictate spatially explicit physiological activity and carbon uptake along vertical canopy gradients?
William L. Bauerle, Colorado State University; Joseph D. Bowden, Colorado State University; G. Geoff Wang, Clemson University

10:30 AM

COS 155-8

Root freezing injury as a possible contributor to yellow-cedar decline
Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service; Paul E. Hennon, Forest Service; David V. D'Amore, Forest Service; Gary J. Hawley, University of Vermont

10:50 AM

COS 155-9

Frost tolerance and extracellular ice formation in needles of Pinus radiata
John S. Roden, Southern Oregon University; Marilyn C. Ball, The Australian National University; Martin J. Canny, The Australian National University

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