Botany 2008 Conference Program

Schedule Botany 2008 TUESDAY, JULY 29TH Schedule - Tuesday 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Missouri Botanical Garden Breakfast 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Ecophysiology II Chair: Nicole M. Hughes 8:00 8:15 8:30 9:00 29001 29002 29003 29004 Nicole M. Hughes - Winter color change: The adaptive role of anthocyanin pigments in leaves of broadleaf evergreen species A. Peyton Smith - Chemical acclimation of pioneer species to changes in light environment Athena D. McKown - Decoding the Leaf Venation Architecture: Testing Hydraulic Design Features with a Spatially Explicit Model Margaret J Sporck - Exceptional diversiﬁcation of leaf surfaces in the Hawaiian Chamaesyce 212/SUB 212A/SUB 211/SUB 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM Biological and Genetic Diversity Chair: Elizabeth Elle 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:15 9:30 9:30 30001 30002 30003 30004 30005 30006 Margaret Devall - Variation among populations of Ipomoea pes-caprae (Convolvulaceae) growing around the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Radika Bhaskar - Leaf and stem trait variation of a widespread tropical dry forest species along a post-disturbance successional gradient Christine Petersen - Assessing the eﬃcacy of buﬀer strips in sustaining ﬂoristic diversity in interior forests Gunnar Keppel - Diversity and Forest Structure of lowland tropical rain forests in the insular Paciﬁc Rachel Prunier - Pelargonium community assembly in South Africa: The inﬂuence of phylogeny, morphology, and climate Discussion Cynthia Hong-Wa - Determinants of broad-scale plant species richness across Madagascar Council Chambers/SUB 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM Teaching Section Chair: Stokes S. Baker 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 31001 31002 31003 31004 31005 31006 James H. Wandersee - A Conceptual Analysis of the 2007 Documentary Film King Corn with Implications for Use in Botany Education James H. Wandersee - Multisensory Learning about Stromatolites: Investigating the Value Added by Field Trips and Fossil Experiences D. Timothy Gerber - Reducing Plant Blindness in K-12 Life Science Standards: A comparison of National and State content standards Melanie L. DeVore - Infusing Flannery O’Connor with environmental and plant sciences Donna Hazelwood - Public Domain ImageJ So�ware for Image Processing and Analysis in Botany Stokes S. Baker - Quantitative Inquiry Investigation with Plants Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein 214/216/SUB 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Population Genetics Chair: Theresa M. Culley 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 32001 32002 32003 32004 32005 Aurea C. Corts-Palomec - Assessing the three-dimensional ﬁne-scale genetic structure within age classes in the epiphytic orchid Laelia speciosa (Orchidaceae) in central Mexico Danica T. Harbaugh - Genetic structure of the polymorphic Metrosideros (Myrtaceae) complex in the Hawaiian Islands using nuclear microsatellites Anne C. Worley - Morphological and genetic evidence for hybridization between a rare and common lady’sslipper orchid, Cypripedium candidum and C. parviﬂorum (Orchidaceae) Ting Wang - Population genetic variation and diﬀerentiation as revealed by cpSSR markers in Taxus chinensis var. mairei (Taxaceae), an rare conifer endemic to China Ting Wang - Population genetic structure of the invasive weed Mikania micrantha in southern China: interactions between reproductive mode, bo�lenecks and multiple introductions 52

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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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