8:00 AM: Stuart, Stephanie^*,1, Choat, Brendan¹, Holbrook, Michele¹, Ball, Marilyn², ¹ Harvard University, Canbridge² Australian National University, Canberra, Does freezing set the latitudinal limit of mangrove forests?

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8:20 AM: Martin, Katherine^*,1, Bruhn, Dan^{1, 2}, Lovelock, Catherine³, Feller, Ilka⁴, Ball, Marilyn^{1, 2}, ¹ The Australian National University, Research School of Biological Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia² The Australian National University, Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Canberra, ACT, Australia³ University of Queensland, Centre for Marine Studies, Brisbane, QLD, Australia⁴ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA, Effect of nutrient addition on carbon gain in relation to water-use: Implications for responses of mangroves to eutrophication.

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8:40 AM: Sevanto, Sanna^*,1, Holbrook, N. Michele¹, Zwieniecki, Maciej¹, Mikkelsen, Teis², Munger, J. William³, Wofsy, Steven³, ¹ Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA² Plant Research Department, Roskilde, Denmark³ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA, Diurnal pattern in water tension of tree stems begins before bud break and does not cease with leaf fall.

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9:00 AM: Kavanagh, Kathleen^*,1, Pangle, Robert¹, Schotzko, Alisa¹, ¹ Forest Resources Dept., Moscow, ID, USA, Disequilibrium between soil and foliar predawn water potential due to nighttime canopy water loss in temperate conifers exposed to nocturnal vapor pressure deficits.

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9:20 AM: Koch, George ^*,1, Sillett, Stephen ², Antoine, Marie², , , , , , , ¹ Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States² Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States, Height-related variation in photosynthetic characteristics of Sequoia sempervirens leaves.

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9:50 AM: Pangle, Robert^*,1, Kavanagh, Kathleen^*,1, Schotzko, Alisa^*,1, ¹ University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States, Canopy stomatal conductance in Pinus monticola and Tsuga heterophylla trees growing in stands of differing height and age in an Inland Pacific Northwest mixed conifer forest.

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10:10 AM: Nippert, Jesse^*,1, Knapp, Alan¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Water-use patterns among tallgrass prairie plant species: an isotopic approach.

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10:30 AM: Wayne, E.¹, Van Auken, O.¹, ¹ The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Light requirements for a xeric sedge in a Juniperus woodland.

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10:50 AM: Bunce, James^*,1, ¹ USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA, Does leaf water potential limit stomatal conductance at high water vapor pressure deficits?

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11:10 AM: Duursma, Remko ^*,1, Nikinmaa, Eero¹, Peramäki, Martti, Mäkelä, Annikki, ¹ University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Low hydraulic conductance in boreal Scots pine trees and sensitivity to drought in fairly wet soils.

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