Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science articles from April 2002

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science archives from April 2002

Across the years on Mount Oread and around the Kaw and Wakarusa river valleys.(Eastern Kansas)
April 1, 2002... The Kaw and Wakarusa rivers have carved their wide valleys around Mt. Oread during hundreds of thousands of years. The last great geologic event to impact the area was the Kansan glacier six hundred thousand years ago, leaving behind glacial...

Associated tooth set of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform shark, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Mitsukurinidae), from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas.
April 1, 2002... The occurrence of the first associated tooth set of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform shark, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Mitsukurinidae), is described from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk in Gove County, Kansas. The specimen, which...

First record of endopterygoid teeth in the North American Late Cretaceous teleostean fish Enchodus gladiolus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae).
April 1, 2002... Teeth of the endopterygoid are described for the first time in the North American Late Cretaceous fish Enchodus gladiolus (Cope, 1872) from a previously described specimen from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. The teeth are located on the medial...

New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Squamata; Mosasauridae), from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas.
April 1, 2002... Tylosaurus nepueolicus (Cope 1874) is one of the least well known of the five species of mosasaurs that are recognized from the lower Smoky Hill Chalk Member (upper Coniacian) of the Niobrara Formation in western Kansas. In describing the type...

The armadillo [Dasypus novemcinctus (Linnaeus)] invasion of Kansas.
April 1, 2002... An armadillo invasion of Kansas is underway. Each year more sightings are reported and they now are recorded as far north as the Platte River in southern Nebraska. They are abundant enough in some areas in southern Kansas to be considered...

The effects of prairie habitat loss and land-use changes on Loggerhead Shrike populations in Kansas.
April 1, 2002... The vast expanse of North American prairie has been reduced by at least 90% of its original area. As a result, the populations of many grassland birds are in serious decline. This study investigated Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)...

Weed management on Military storage gravel lots.
April 1, 2002... Various commercial chemicals were tested to control visually obstructive weed populations abundant in the graveled storage areas on the Fort Riley Military Reservation. Several herbicides applied at lower amounts than the historical treatment...

Magnetoelectrostatic confinement of Maxwellian and nonMaxwellian plasmas.
April 1, 2002... The unique features of the improved plasma confinement discovered earlier using automated optimization software have been explored. Reduced performance was associated with nonMaxwellian electron and ion distributions which are not...

Primary care providers bypassing in rural Kansas.
April 1, 2002... Using data collected through a mail questionnaire survey, this paper examines the extent of primary care physician (PCP) bypassers in rural Kansas, identifies the factors of PCP bypassing, and analyzes the reasons for bypassing as reported by...

Application of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting to detect genetic variation in sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata).
April 1, 2002... Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) is a Kansas statewide noxious weed that is spreading at an alarming rate. The genetic variation among different populations of this plant was investigated using the methodology of randomly amplified...