1:30 PM: Montgomery, Rebecca^*,1, Dickie, Ian², Schnitzer, Stefan³, Reich, Peter¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA² Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand³ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA, Belowground factors influence leafing phenology and photosynthesis of pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) seedlings growing in an old field.

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1:50 PM: Goranson, Carol^*,1, Teskey, Robert¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, Whole-stem water relations in white oak.

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2:10 PM: Brown, Kim^*,1, Joesting, Heather¹, McCarthy, Brian ¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA, Within-canopy variance in leaf photosynthesis and leaf density within a mature stand of American Chestnut.

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2:30 PM: Gieger, Thomas^*,1, Thomas, Frank^*,1, ¹ Georg-August-University Göttingen, Goettingen, Germany, Differential response of two closely related oak species to single and combined stress factors.

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2:50 PM: Saprunoff, Megan^*,1, Thomas, Sean¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Comparison of whole plant light compensation points and growth response to light across tree species from the mixed forests of Northeast China.

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3:20 PM: Quiñonez-Piñón, Rebeca^*,1, Valeo, Caterina¹, ¹ University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Decreasing scaling error on transpiration by accounting for individual variations and modifying the mensuration method of sapwood depth.

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3:40 PM: Reeves, Ian ^*,1, Emery, RJ Neil¹, ¹ Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Phytohormonal regulation of transpiration and stomatal conductance among canopy layers of a mature Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) stand.

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4:00 PM: Deslauriers, Annie^*,1, Rossi, Sergio¹, Anfodillo, Tommaso¹, Morin, Hubert², ¹ Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy² Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada, Timing restriction and variability in tree-ring formation of European and North American conifers.

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4:20 PM: Ogle, Kiona^*,1, Pacala, Stephen¹, ¹ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Inferring tree growth and allocation from physiological, starvation, and allometric traits.

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