8:00 AM: Pruyn, Michele ^*,1, Harmon, Mark¹, Ryan, Michael², ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA² USDA Forest Service, Rocky Moutain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Understanding Temporal Variations in Autotrophic Respiration in the Wind River Basin, WA USA.

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8:20 AM: Spicer, Rachel^{*,1, 2}, Holbrook, N. Michele¹, ¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA² Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA, USA, Small scale patterns with large scale implications: the role of programmed cell death in determining the sapwood volume of forest trees.

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8:40 AM: Adams, Stephanie^*,1, Day, Michael¹, Greenwood, Michael¹, Ward, Margaret¹, ¹ Dept. of Forest Ecosystem Science, Orono, ME, USA, Physiological basis for age-related decline in photosynthetic capacity in red spruce (Picea rubens).

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9:00 AM: Spindler, Lori ^*,1, Casper, Brenda, ¹ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, The Role of Oxidative Damage in Plant Senescence.

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9:20 AM: Matzek, Virginia^*,1, Vitousek, Peter¹, ¹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Stoichiometry and growth rate in pines.

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9:50 AM: Bruhn, Dan^*,1, Edwards, Everard¹, Schortemeyer, Marcus¹, Egerton, John¹, Evans, John¹, Ball, Marilyn¹, Hocart, Charles¹, ¹ Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Does temperature control leaf respiration rate?

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10:10 AM: Frost, Paul^*,1, Benstead, Jonathan², Cross, Wyatt³, Hillebrand, Helmut⁴, Larson, James¹, MacKenzie, Cameron , Xenopoulos, Marguerite⁵, Yoshida, Takehito ⁶, ¹ University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA² Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA³ University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA⁴ University of Cologne, Köln, Germany⁵ Trent University, Peterborough, Canada⁶ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Threshold carbon: Phosphorus ratios of aquatic consumers: Effects of growth rate, metabolism, and body elemental composition.

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10:30 AM: Ford, Chelcy^{*,1, 2}, Wurzburger, Nina¹, Hendrick, Ronald¹, Teskey, Robert¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² USDA FS Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, Otto, NC, The contribution of a belowground inorganic carbon source to plant NPP: fixation of soil DIC by Pinus taeda seedlings.

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10:50 AM: Kerkhoff, Andrew^*,1, Fagan, William², Elser, James³, Enquist, Brian ¹, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson² University of Maryland, College Park³ Arizona State University, Tempe, N:P stoichiometry of land plants: integration and coordination of the composition of leaves, stems, roots and reproductive structures.

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