Oral Session #10: Light Relations in Plants.

Presiding: Brett Danner, Kansas State University.
Sunday, August 6, 2000
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wasatch Room - Cliff Lodge

1:00 PM	Light and temperature effects on the photosynthetic characteristics of boreal C4 and C3 grasses. KUBIEN, D.S. , R.F. SAGE
1:15 PM	Phenotypic plasticity in Smilacina stellata from three habitats: Responses to light manipulations from a developmental perspective. STORK, A.W.
1:30 PM	Light environment controls of native and exotic vine growth. THOMPSON*, H.C. , S.T.A. PICKETT and D. WHIGHAM
1:45 PM	Seasonal variation in maximum photosynthetic rates of Alliaria petiolata. MYERS, C.V. , R.C. ANDERSON
2:00 PM	Spatial patterns in freeze-induced photoinhibition of field-grown Eucalyptus pauciflora. BALL, M.C. , A.M. GILMORE and A.B. NICOTRA, M. HOFMANN
2:15 PM	Leaf-level and whole-plant assimilation as predictors of tree seedling growth across a broad light gradient. MONTGOMERY, R.A.
2:30 PM	The effects of light availability and salinity levels on mangrove seedling growth. HOFFMAN, L.L. , N.P.R. ANTEN and D.D. ACKERLY
2:45 PM	Leaf area distribution and canopy clumping in an old-growth mixed-species podocarp New Zealand rainforest. BROWN, K.J. , K. GRIFFIN and W. SCHUSTER, D. TISSUE, M. TURNBULL, D. WHITEHEAD
3:00 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Survival and growth of seedlings of 12 Chilean temperate rainforest trees in contrasting light environments: gas exchange and allocational correlates. LUSK, C. , A.L. DEPOZO
3:30 PM	Growth in high light vs. survival in low light as a key tradeoff that determines shade tolerance: A test in a mesic forest in southeast Texas. LIN, J. , P.A. HARCOMBE and R.W. HALL, M.R. FULTON
3:45 PM	Resource allocation and survival of Paulownia tomentosa seedlings in a managed forest landscape. WILLIAMS, A.C. , B.C. MCCARTHY
4:00 PM	Importance of plant form and microsite to the avoidance of low-temperature photoinhibition in different life stages of conifers in the alpine treeline. GERMINO, M.J. , W.K. SMITH
4:15 PM	The effect of overstory structure and sky condition on light transmittance in a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) forest. BATTAGLIA, M.A. , R.J. MITCHELL and M. PU
4:30 PM	Spatial patterning of pigmentation in evergreen leaves in response to freezing stress. NICOTRA, A.B. , M. HOFMANN and A.D. GILMORE, M.C. BALL
4:45 PM	Within and among population variation in acclimation to light in white spruce. AWADA, T. , R.E. REDMANN