96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Thursday, August 11, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

6B, Austin Convention Center

8:00 AM

Experimental evaluation of interrelated physiological mechanisms of tree drought mortality: Reduced non-structural carbohydrates with drought-induced tree death
Henry D. Adams, Los Alamos National Laboratory; David D. Breshears, The University of Arizona; Matthew J. Germino, US Geological Survey; Greg A. Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona; Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University; Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine

8:20 AM

How do trees die? Insights into hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses
Sanna Sevanto, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Lee T. Dickman, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Clifton W. Meyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Robert E. Pangle, University of New Mexico; Kolby C. Hirth, US Forest Service; Will Pockman, University of New Mexico

8:40 AM

Experimental warming alters vapor pressure deficit: Quantifying the direct and indirect effects of warming on trees
Renée M. Marchin, University of Sydney; Laura E. Bostic, North Carolina State University; Alice A. Wines, North Carolina State University; Robert R. Dunn, North Carolina State University; William A. Hoffmann, North Carolina State University

9:00 AM

Site and species differences in tree mortality in southwestern mixed-conifer forests of northern Arizona
Jeffrey M. Kane, Humboldt State University; Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University

9:20 AM

Growth of western red cedar (Thuja plicata) in relation to past climate and topographic variability
David A. McKenzie, University of Minnesota

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Inter-specific differences in eco-physiological characters of coexisting shrub species in a semi-humid woodland ecosystem
Arjun Adhikari, Baylor University

10:10 AM

Interactive effects of N deposition, O₃ uptake, and drought on canopy health of mature Jeffrey pine
Nancy E. Grulke, USDA Forest Service; Michael Tausz, University of Melbourne

10:30 AM

Responses of twig growth and canopy leaf area in Pinus edulis to experimental manipulations of water availability
Amanda L. Boutz, University of New Mexico; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory

10:50 AM

Ecophysiology of woody plants in an ombrotrophic spruce bog – potential impacts with climate change
Jeffrey M. Warren, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Joanne Childs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Carla Gunderson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Paul J. Hanson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Stan D. Wullschleger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

11:10 AM

Widespread forest die-off: Observational and experimental tests of carbon starvation and water stress
William Anderegg, Stanford University

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