Botany 2008 Conference Program

Schedule MONDAY, JULY 28TH Botany 2008 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Ecophysiology I Chairs: Peter Ryser; Erika A Sudderth 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 22001 22002 22003 22004 22005 22006 22007 22008 22009 22010 22011 22012 207/SUB Helen Poulos - Diﬀerential Performance of Four Pines in Relation to Elevational Position in the San Bernardino Mountains, California Larry Brouille�e - Variation in relative growth rate and its nitrogen-use components in Helianthus W K Cornwell - Regulation of carbon isotope discrimination during C3 photosynthesis: Results from a global database J.H. Richards - Blue Leaf Iridescence as a By-product of Photoprotection in Tropical Rainforest Understory Plants Catherine H. Borer - Calcium partitioning and physiological availability in the foliage of ﬂowering dogwood Chris Creese - Adaptation to Temperature and Correlated Evolution in Pines Peter Ryser - Root survival and mortality of cool-temperate wetland graminoids in autumn and winter Break David Karowe - Eﬀects of Elevated CO2 on Inducibility of Phenolic Defenses in Brassica rapa Lawren Sack - The scaling of leaf venation architecture: laws, functional implications and paleo-applications Erika A Sudderth - Response of C3, C4, and intermediate Flaveria species to elevated CO2 and temperature. Christopher Nakahashi - The determinants and signiﬁcance of stomatal responses to dry air in Hawaiian wet and dry forest species Mashuri Waite - Do mosses measure up to vascular plants in functional traits? Interlinkages of photosynthetic light responses and structure and function Symposium 157/Law 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM The Future of Botany Teaching Chair: James H. Wandersee; Renee M. Clary 1:30 1:50 2:20 2:50 3:20 3:50 4:20 S5001 S5002 S5003 S5004 S5005 S5006 S5007 James Wandersee - Human Visual Perception, Learning, and the Future of Botany Teaching Marshall Sundberg - Charles Edwin Bessey’s Vision for Botany Education Joseph Armstrong - A Vision for Promoting a Broader Public Understanding of Botany: We have met the enemy, and he is us. Thomas Rost - Teaching Botany Visually Ethel Stanley - Designing Accessible Investigative Biology Cases for Community College Students Stokes Baker - Increasing Emphasis on Building Mathematics and Computer Skills John Cozza - A Botany Doctoral Student’s Perspectives on the Future of Botany Teaching 209/SUB 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM Pteridological Section/AFS Chair: Donald Farrar 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 23001 23002 23003 23004 23005 23006 23007 23008 23009 Kathleen M. Pryer - On the importance of portraying the plant life cycle accurately: ferns as a case study Amber Churchill - A Site for Sori: Consequences for Fertile/Sterile Leaf Dimorphism in Ferns Erin Sigel - Polyphyly of a polyploid species: a inquiry into the origin of Dryopteris campyloptera and Dryopteris dilatata (Dryopteridaceae) Johannes C. Vogel - Genetic diversity in two diploid and congeneric common and rare Asplenium taxa in the western Mediterranean basin. Eric Schue�pelz - The utility of nuclear gapCp in resolving polyploid fern origins Susan V Sprunt - Phylogeography and taxonomy of the widespread resurrection fern species Pleopeltis polypodioides Alejandra Vasco - Monographic and Phylogenetic Study of the Elaphoglossum ciliatum Clade (Dryopteridaceae). Harald Schneider - Inferring the evolution of temperate asplenioid ferns Jonathan D. Krieger - Automated identiﬁcation of fern taxa using neural net analysis of scale characters Break 50

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Botany 2008 Conference Program Contents Welcome To Vancouver General Meeting Information Scientific Field Trips Scientific And Educational Workshops Botany 2008 Plenary Address Botany 2008 Special Lectures Participating Societies Exhibitors And Sponsors Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 Monday, July 28 Tuesday, July 29th Wednesday, July 30th Thursday, July 31th Poster Presentations Author Index By Session Number Week At A Glance Map - University Of British Columbia

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