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| 5-1 | 9:00 AM | GRASS-CUTICLE ANALYSIS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO RECONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE WHILE EXPLORING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL - BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSES OF AMAZONIAN PLANTS AND BIODIVERSITY: METCALFE, P.R.1, STREET-PERROTT, F.A.1, MAYLE, F.E.2, and FICKEN, K.1, (1) Geography, University of Wales, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom, ggmetcalfe@swansea.ac.uk, (2) Geography, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, United Kingdom |
| 5-2 | 9:20 AM | INVITED: POSITIVE FEEDBACKS PROMOTING THE RAPID EXPANSION OF C4 GRASSLANDS: OSBORNE, Colin P., Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom, c.p.osborne@sheffield.ac.uk and BEERLING, David J., Animal and Plant Sciences, Univ of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom |
| 5-3 | 9:40 AM | CRETACEOUS POLAR CONIFER FORESTS: ASSESSING LEAF HABIT FOR CLIMATE MODELLING: HARLAND, Melise1, FRANCIS, Jane1, BEERLING, David2, OSBORNE, Colin2, and BRENTNALL, Stuart2, (1) School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, England, melise@earth.leeds.ac.uk, (2) Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN |
| 5-4 | 10:00 AM | PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALEOCLIMATE AT HIGH PALEOLATITUDES IN GONDWANA: TREE RINGS AND FOSSIL FLORAS AS PROXY INDICATORS: RYBERG, Patricia E., TAYLOR, Edith L., and TAYLOR, Thomas N., Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, etaylor@ku.edu |
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| 5-5 | 10:40 AM | INVITED: A NEW APPROACH FOR RECONSTRUCTING PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOECOLOGICAL VARIABLES FROM THE SIZES AND SHAPES OF FOSSIL PLANTS: ROYER, Dana L., WILF, Peter, and CARIGLINO, Barbara, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, droyer@psu.edu |
| 5-6 | 11:00 AM | INVITED: MACROECOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF VEGETATION TO A FOUR-FOLD INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC MASS EXTINCTION BOUNDARY: MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., Department of Geology, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, mcelwain@fmnh.org. |
| 5-7 | 11:20 AM | LOOKING FORWARD BY LOOKING BACK: RESPONSE OF THE CARBONATE SYSTEM TO MASSIVE CARBON ADDITION AT THE PALEOCENE/ EOCENE BOUNDARY: PANCHUK, Karla M., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, kpanchuk@geosc.psu.edu and RIDGWELL, Andy, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada |
| 5-8 | 11:40 AM | INTRA-VARIABILITY OF CARBON-ISOTOPE RATIOS IN MODERN GINKGO AND EQUISETUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANCIENT ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATIONS: GRÖCKE, Darren R., School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada, grocke@mcmaster.ca. |
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