94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Sendero Blrm III, Hyatt

Presider:

Erica J. Crespi, Vassar College

8:00 AM

COS 124-1

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

COS 124-2

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

COS 124-3

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

COS 124-4

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

COS 124-5

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

COS 124-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 124-6

Leaf water relations in Juniperus ashei in Central Texas woodlands
Mary A. Sides, Baylor University; Joseph D. White, Baylor University

10:10 AM

COS 124-7

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

COS 124-8

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

COS 124-9

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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