Poster # 1. Nuñez, Cecilia^{*,1, 2}, Brewer, Carol¹, Rovere, Adriana², ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA² Laboratorio Ecotono, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, Photosynthesis in female cones of Austrocedrus chilensis, a Patagonian conifer.

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Poster # 2. Awada, Tala^*,1, Josiah, Scott², Eggemeyer, Kathleen ¹, ¹ School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE, USA² Nebraska Forest Service, Lincoln, NE, USA, Physiological responses of four hazelnut hybrids to water availability in Nebraska.

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Poster # 3. Barker, David^*,1, Nielsen, Karen ¹, Charlet, Therese¹, Smith, Stan¹, ¹ University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, Simulated summer monsoon rain and N-deposition in the Mojave Desert affects photosynthesis of Larrea tridentata differently during dry and wet years: evidence from a 3-year study.

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Poster # 4. Briske, David^*,1, Tjoelker, Mark¹, Volder, Astrid¹, ¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, Experimental warming and altered rainfall distribution in southern oak savanna: infrastructure, design and plant growth responses.

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Poster # 5. Briden, Sarah¹, Thomas, Richard¹, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Photosynthetic responses of two vine species, Vitis rotundifolia and Lonicera japonica, growing in a forest ecosystem with elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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Poster # 6. Chmura, Daniel^*,1, Modrzynski, Jerzy^{1, 2}, Tjoelker, Mark^*,1, ¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX² August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland, Interspecific variation in leaf and root trait response to contrasting light environments: A greenhouse and field comparison of ten temperate tree species.

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Poster # 7. Crous, Kristine^*,1, Ellsworth, David ¹, ¹ School of Natural Resource and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Nitrogen addition by fertilizer or N-fixing neighbors affects the photosynthetic response of C3 grasses to elevated CO₂ in FACE.

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Poster # 8. Davis, Kimberly¹, Vourlitis, George¹, ¹ California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA, The Effects of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition on the Gas Exchange of Native Southern California Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub Species.

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Poster # 9. Drenovsky, Rebecca^*,1, James, Jeremy¹, Caird, Mairgareth¹, Carpenter, Heather¹, Richards, James¹, ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Environmental and genetic variation influence nighttime transpiration in the C₄ grass Distichlis spicata.

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Poster # 10. Ellsworth, David^*,1, Crous, Kristine¹, Reich, Peter², ¹ School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, USA² Department of Forest Resources, St. Paul, MN, USA, Leaf and ecosystem-scale responses to CO2 in a nutrient-poor grassland.

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Poster # 11. Barron-Gafford, Greg^*,1, Gerst, Katharine ^*,1, Huxman, Travis¹, Venable, D. Lawrence¹, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Physiological trait variation in Sonoran Desert winter annuals.

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Poster # 12. Gleeson, Scott¹, ¹ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, Optimal allocation and multiple limitation by nitrogen, water, light and CO2.

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Poster # 13. Hall, Kathryn^{*,1, 2}, Marshall, John², Duursma, Remko ³, ¹ Environmental Science Program, Moscow, ID, USA² Department of Forest Resources, Moscow, ID, USA³ Department of Forest Ecology, Helsinki, Finland, Water uptake profiles and competition status of eight Northern Rocky conifer species.

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Poster # 14. Harsh, Shannon^*,1, Roth, Allison¹, Taylor, Dustin¹, Swift, Cheryl¹, ¹ Whittier College, Whittier, CA, The effect of microsite on water relations of Salix lasiolepis.

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Poster # 15. Barua, Deepak¹, Heckathorn, Scott^*,1, ¹ Dept. of Earth, Ecological, & Environmental Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA, The relative importance of light and temperature on heat-shock protein accumulation in Solidago altissima plants in the field and laboratory.

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Poster # 16. Joshi, Puneet^*,1, Noor Qureshi, Samina², Hamilton, E. William³, Luthe, Dawn², Heckathorn, Scott¹, ¹ Dept. of Earth, Ecological, & Environmental Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA² Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mississippi State, MS, USA³ Dept. of Biology, Lexington, VA, USA, Variation in the production, function, and gene sequence of small heat-shock proteins and adaptation to habitat.

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Poster # 17. Howard, Ava¹, Donovan, Lisa¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Nighttime conductance and transpiration in four C₃ annuals under sufficient and limiting nitrogen availability.

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Poster # 18. Ishida, Atsushi^*,1, Diloksumpun, Sapit ², Ladpara, Phanumard², Staporn, Duriya², Yazaki, Kenichi¹, Puangchit, Ladawan ³, ¹ Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsykuba, Ibaraki, Japan² National park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok, Thailand³ Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, Contrasting leaf gas exchange and morphology between tropical drought-deciduous and evergreen mature trees in Thailand.

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Poster # 19. Jurena, Paul^*,1, Furuya, Mitsuru¹, ¹ University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Light response of Juniperus ashei along a light gradient.

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Poster # 20. Lambrecht, Susan^*,1, ¹ San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 95060, Combined drought and freezing temperature tolerance for seedlings of two subspecies of sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata).

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Poster # 21. Leffler, A. Joshua^*,1, Rowland, Diane², ¹ Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana² United States Department of Agriculture, Dawson, Georgia, Evaluation of water infiltration and use in peanuts with a ²H, soil water content, and root distribution model.

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Poster # 22. Lunch, Claire^{*,1, 2}, Field, Christopher², ¹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA² Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, CA, Photosynthetic efficiency of grassland species in response to multiple global change factors.

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Poster # 23. Machado, Jose-Luis^*,1, Stefanescu, Carla ², Wright, S³, Kitajima, Kaoru^{2, 3}, ¹ Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA² University of Florida, Gainesville, FL³ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Leaf life span and leaf age effects on photosynthetic rates in shade- vs. gap-grown seedlings of five neotropical shade tolerant trees.

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Poster # 24. Maherali, Hafiz^*,1, Mencuccini, Maurizio², ¹ University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada² University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Correlated evolution between leaf:xylem allometry and climate in woody plants.

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Poster # 25. Martin, Andrew^*,1, Harden, William², Lewis, James¹, ¹ Fordham University, Armonk, NY, USA² Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, USA, Effects of copper supply on growth and photosynthesis of Xanthium strumarium, a native, invasive annual plant.

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Poster # 26. McCann, Honour¹, Sage, Rowan¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Influence of seed size on seedling establishment at low CO₂.

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Poster # 27. McElrone, Andrew^*,1, Pockman, William ², Bichler, Justin¹, Jackson, Robert ³, ¹ Department of Biology, Philadelphia, PA, USA² Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, USA³ Nicholas School of the Environment and Department of Biology, Durham, NC, USA, Aquaporin-mediated changes in deep tree root hydraulic conductivity studied in central Texas caves.

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Poster # 28. Miyazawa, Yoshiyuki^{*,1, 2}, Otsuki, Kyoichi², Kikuzawa, Kihachiro^{1, 3}, ¹ Laboratory of ForestBiology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan² Research Institute of Kyushu University Forest, Fukuoka, Japan³ Ishikawa Prefecture University, Kanazawa, Japan, Photosynthesis and physiological traits of leaves of evergreen broadleaved saplings during winter under different light environments in a temperate forest.

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Poster # 30. Noda, Hibiki^*,1, Muraoka, Hiroyuki², Washitani, Izumi¹, ¹ Depertment of Ecosystem Studies, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan² Institute for Basin Ecosystem Studies, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Genetic variation of photosynthetic light acclimation and clonal growth traits of endangered herb Primula sieboldii.

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Poster # 32. Rubino, Lucy^*,1, Lewis, James¹, Griffin, Kevin², Tissue, David³, ¹ Fordham University, Armonk, NY, USA² Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA³ Texax Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA, Nitrogen supply and leaf position but not phosphorus supply affect net photosynthetic rates in Xanthium strumarium.

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Poster # 33. Scholz, Fabian^*,1, Bucci, Sandra², Goldstein, Guillermo², Meinzer, Frederick³, ¹ Lab. Ecologia Funcional, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina² Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA³ USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR, USA, Internal water storage in savanna trees.

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Poster # 34. Souza, Lara^*,1, Nagel, Jennifer¹, Engel, Elizabeth¹, Weltzin, Jake¹, Norby, Rich², ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville² Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN, Do mid-day carbon and water exchange differ from integrated values in four old-field species under global climate change?

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Poster # 35. Tjoelker, Mark¹, Volder, Astrid¹, Briske, David¹, ¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Experimental warming and altered rainfall distribution in southern oak savanna: Leaf-level gas exchange.

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Poster # 36. Vanderklein, Dirk^*,1, Martinez-Vilalta, Jordi², Mencuccini, Maurizio², ¹ Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA² University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Does parent tree age affect growth and gas exchange in grafted seedlings?

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Poster # 37. Vogan, Patrick^*,1, Sage, Rowan¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Photosynthesis in C3-C4 intermediate species of Heliotropium.

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Poster # 38. Volder, Astrid^*,1, Briske, David¹, Tjoelker, Mark¹, ¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Experimental warming and altered rainfall distribution in southern oak savanna: plant-soil water relations.

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Poster # 39. Yazaki, Kenichi^*,1, Sano, Yuzo², Fujikawa, Seizo², Ishida, Atsushi¹, ¹ Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan² Graduate School of Agriculture, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Responses to cyclic dehydration and rehydration in the potted saplings of invasive and native trees in subtropical islands.

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