COS 124 - Physiology

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm III, Hyatt
Presider:
Erica J. Crespi, Vassar College
8:00 AM
 Physiological 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 AM
 Understanding 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, IFEVA-CONICET
8:40 AM
 CANCELLED - 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, University of California, Riverside
9:00 AM
 Rapid 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 AM
 Lignotuber 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, University of California; Iolana N. Kaneakua, Pepperdine University; Anjel M. Helms, The Pennsylvania State University; Stephen D. Davis, Pepperdine University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Leaf water relations in Juniperus ashei in Central Texas woodlands
Mary A. Sides, Baylor University; Joseph D. White, Baylor University
10:10 AM
 Mountain pine beetle outbreaks in whitebark pine: Do sapwood carbohydrates influence beetle success?
Eleanor C. Lahr, University of Montana; Anna Sala, University of Montana
10:30 AM
 Variation 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 AM
 Nutrition 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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