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Monday, August 2nd

Monday, August 2nd, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Hall A/Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Ecophysiology Posters
Presiding: Samuel Taylor, University of Sheffield; Walton Green, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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PEP001Aug 2, 5:30pm-7:00pmHall A/Convention CenterEvolutionary analyses of leaf shape in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
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Poster: EcophysiologySchmerler, S B; Schmandt, K R; Clement, W L; Donoghue, Michael J.; Edwards, Erika. morphometrics
morphology
Viburnum
Adoxaceae
lamina
photosynthetic capacity
drought tolerance
phenology
PEP002Aug 2, 5:30pm-7:00pmHall A/Convention CenterEcophysiology of Seed Germination in the Colorado Liatris punctata.
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Poster: EcophysiologyBlain-Hartung, Matthew; Drummond, Boyce A.; Heschel, Shane.seed germination
plant growth regulator
PEP003Aug 2, 5:30pm-7:00pmHall A/Convention CenterPopulation differentiation in Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae) across the range limits.
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Poster: EcophysiologyBibee, Katherine; Shishido, Katie; Hathaway, Ron; Heschel, Shane.drought stress
plant performance
PEP004Aug 2, 5:30pm-7:00pmHall A/Convention CenterIn Vitro Assessment of Allelopathy in the Invasive Aquatic Fern Salvinia molesta. Jonathan Jasinski, Michael E. Kane, Ryan Dickson. Plant Restoration, Conservation and Propagation Biotechnology Laboratory, P.O. Bo
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Poster: EcophysiologyJasinski, Jonathan; Kane, Michael E.; Dickson, Ryan.allelopathy
micropropagation
Aquatic plants

Tuesday, August 3rd

Tuesday, August 3rd, 8:30 am to 11:45 am · 551B/Convention Center
Session 30: Contributed Papers: Ecophysiology I
Presiding: Samuel Taylor, University of Sheffield; Walton Green, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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30001August 3rd 8:30 am551B/Convention CenterGlobal-scale relationships between angiosperm leaf vein patterns and leaf function
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Oral PaperWalls, Ramona L..major vein
leaf traits
minor vein density
leaf economic spectrum
phylogenetic conservatism
30002August 3rd 8:45 am551B/Convention CenterDecline of leaf hydraulic conductance during desiccation: relationships to venation architecture
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Oral PaperScoffoni, Christine ; Rawls, Micheal ; McKown, Athena D.; Sack, Lawren.PLC
venation architecture
vein densities
refilling
Kleaf
gmin
turgor loss point
leaf traits
30003August 3rd 9:00 am551B/Convention CenterPhylogeny, physiology and ecology: the roles of C4 photosynthesis and diversity in the grasses
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Oral PaperTaylor, Samuel; Rees, Mark; Woodward, Ian; Ripley, Brad; Osborne, Colin.C4 photosynthesis
grasses
Poaceae
eco-physiological traits
gas exchange
Screening
phylogeny
30004August 3rd 9:15 am551B/Convention CenterFoliar uptake of fog prevents water deficit and induces hydraulic redistribution from fern crowns to the soil in Polystichum munitum
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Oral PaperLimm, Emily; Simonin, Kevin; Dawson, Todd. redwood forest
fog
water relations
hydraulic transport
Western sword fern
Polystichum munitum
30005August 3rd 9:30 am551B/Convention CenterThe ecophysiology of resprouting fynbos shrubs with different life history types
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Oral PaperPratt, R. B.; Jacobsen, A. L..seasonal carbon gain
cavitation
fire
hydraulic conductivity
life history
Photosynthesis
xylem
August 3rd 9:45 am551B/Convention CenterBreak
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30007August 3rd 10:15 am551B/Convention CenterAdaptive radiation of leaf venation and the meaning of disjunct veins in the C4 Hawaiian Euphorbia
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Oral PaperSporck, Margaret, J.; Sack, Lawren.Euphorbia
Chamaesyce
Euphorbiaceae
C4 photosynthesis
Endangered species
adaptive radiation
Hawaii
venation
island evolution
leaf anatomy
30008August 3rd 10:30 am551B/Convention CenterLeaf lifespan is controlled by branching patterns in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
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Oral PaperSchmandt, Kaya R.; Donoghue, Michael J.; Sack, Lawren; Schmerler, S B; Williard, Anne; Clement, W L; Edwards, Erika.leaf lifespan
leaf economic spectrum
Branching patterns
phenology
Viburnum
30009August 3rd 10:45 am551B/Convention CenterTurning over a new “leaf”: multiple functional significances of leaves versus phyllodes in Hawaiian Acacia koa
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Oral PaperPasquet Kok, Jessica; Creese, Chris; Sack, Lawren.Drought
heterophylly
hydraulics
leaf traits
legume
light-response curves
pressure-volume curves
stomata
water storage
xylem
30010August 3rd 11:00 am551B/Convention CenterXylem vessel length distributions of chaparral shrubs
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Oral PaperJacobsen, A. L.; Tobin, M. F.; Pratt, R. B..xylem
plant anatomy
chaparral
cavitation resistance
xylem structure and function
functional plant anatomy
hydraulics
30011August 3rd 11:15 am551B/Convention CenterTaking the Heat: Ecotypic differentiation in response to extreme heat events in a California native shrub
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Oral PaperShuldman, M.I.; Dawson, Todd. ecophysiology
California
climate change
heat stress
ecotype
ecophysiology
30012August 3rd 11:30 am551B/Convention CenterInherent adaptation in Cottonwood poplar (Populus trichocarpa) along geographic clines
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Oral PaperMcKown, Athena D.; Drewes, Eric C.; Azam, Md. Shofiul; Guy, Robert D..poplar
adaptation
Latitude
photoperiod
phenology
climate
Photosynthesis
Tuesday, August 3rd, 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm · 551B/Convention Center
Session 41: Contributed Papers: Ecophysiology II
Presiding: Walton Green, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; Samuel Taylor, University of Sheffield
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41001August 3rd 1:30 pm551B/Convention Center
Canceled
A quantitative, ecophysiologically-relevant measure of succulence as a basis for comparative evolutionary studies
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Oral PaperOgburn, R. Matthew; Edwards, Erika.succulence
evolution
comparative analysis
Water relations
Portulacineae
41002August 3rd 1:45 pm551B/Convention CenterStem cavitation resistance is reduced in post-fire resprouts of chaparral shrub species with divergent life history types
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Oral PaperTobin, M. F.; Jacobsen, A. L.; Pratt, R. B..chaparral
cavitation resistance
functional ecology
fire
hydraulics
water potential
embolism
Drought
41003August 3rd 2:00 pm551B/Convention CenterThe coordination of structure and function in 15 fern species from Southern California
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Oral PaperCreese, Chris; Sack, Lawren.Fern
trait coordination
climate
size-scaling
hydraulics
gas exchange
leaf traits
41004August 3rd 2:15 pm551B/Convention CenterLeaf and canopy level carbon assimilation rates of post-fire resprouting chaparral shrub species that display different life history types
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Oral PaperDe Guzman, M. E.; Tobin, M.F. ; Jacobsen, A. L.; O'Mara, H. P.; Pratt, R. B..chaparral
fire
life history
photosynthetic rate
sprouting
41005August 3rd 2:30 pm551B/Convention CenterPlants with Lungs: the Function of Aerenchyma in the Arborescent Lycopsids
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Oral PaperGreen, Walton.Aerenchyma
aquatic CAM
arborescent lycopsids
metabolic pathway
parichnos

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