Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm III, Hyatt
COS 124 - Physiology
8:00 AMCOS 124-1Physiological and growth responses of Juniper and Kauri to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations
Laci M. Gerhart, University of Kansas, Joy K. Ward, University of Kansas
8:20 AMCOS 124-2Understanding the effects of solar UV-B radiation on plant defenses: Role of the jasmonate signaling pathway
Patricia Demkura, University of Buenos Aires and IFEVA-CONICET, Ian T. Baldwin, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Carlos L. Ballaré, University of Buenos Aires and IFEVA-CONICET
8:40 AMCOS 124-3CANCELLED - A phylogenetic comparison of drought-induced cavitation and pre-dawn water potential for shrub species from Mediterranean climates
Lee A. Buckingham, University of California, Riverside, Anna L. Jacobsen, California State University, Bakersfield, R. Brandon Pratt, California State University Bakersfield, Louis Santiago, Univeristy of California, Riverside
9:00 AMCOS 124-4Rapid variation in leaf water status results in large reductions in photosynthesis due to reduced liquid phase diffusion of CO2 in the mesophyll
Matthew E. Gilbert, Harvard University, Maciej Zwieniecki, Harvard University, N. Michele Holbrook, Harvard University
9:20 AMCOS 124-5Lignotuber carbohydrate storage differs between different life history types in chaparral shrubs (Rosaceae)
Courtney A. Traugh, California State University Bakersfield, R. Brandon Pratt, California State University Bakersfield, Anna L. Jacobsen, California State University, Bakersfield, Aaron R. Ramirez, California State University Bakersfield, Iolana N. Kaneakua, Pepperdine University, Anjel M. Helms, Pepperdine University, Stephen D. Davis, Pepperdine University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 124-6Leaf water relations in Juniperus ashei in Central Texas woodlands
Mary A. Sides, Baylor University, Joseph D. White, Baylor University
10:10 AMCOS 124-7Mountain pine beetle outbreaks in whitebark pine: Do sapwood carbohydrates influence beetle success?
Eleanor C. Lahr, University of Montana, Anna Sala, The University of Montana
10:30 AMCOS 124-8Variation in sterol metabolism in an insect herbivore community feeding on Solidago altissima
Eric M. Janson, Vanderbilt University, Robert J. Grebenok, Canisius College, Spencer T. Behmer, Texas A&M University, Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt University
10:50 AMCOS 124-9Nutrition and life history transitions: A story of stress, food and fat
Erica J. Crespi, Vassar College, Tessa Solomon-Lane, Vassar College, Adam Skibinski, Vassar College

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