Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science articles from September 2004

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science archives from September 2004

Identifying historical and recent land-cover changes in Kansas using post-classification change detection techniques.
September 22, 2004... Statewide land-cover change detection analysis provides a useful tool for conservation planning and environmental monitoring and addresses issues of habitat fragmentation and urban sprawl. Furthermore, land-cover data offer a historical and...

The alderflies of Kansas (Megaloptera: Sialidae).
September 22, 2004... The alderflies occurring in Kansas are summarized and figured. A key for the identification of adult males and females of the five species of Sialis occurring in the area is provided. County records are reviewed for each species, with Sialis...

Occurrence of Ptychodus mammillaris (Elasmobranchii) in the Fairport Chalk Member of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of Ellis County, Kansas.
September 22, 2004... Although more vertebrate species have been reported from the Fairport Chalk Member (Middle Turonian) than from the overlying Blue Hill Shale and Codell Sandstone members (upper Middle Turonian) of the Carlile Shale in Kansas, the number is...

The first record of the lamniform shark genus, Johnlongia, from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), western Kansas.
September 22, 2004... We describe the first occurrence of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Johnlongia sp. (Elasmobranchii: Odontaspididae), from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk in Trego County, Kansas. The specimen, a small isolated tooth, is...

Short-term effects of logging and bridge construction on habitat of two Kansas intermittent streams.
September 22, 2004... Anthropogenic disturbances to streams have been shown to cause channel instability resulting in increased sedimentation and altered substrate composition. I studied effects of two such disturbances (logging and bridge construction) on habitat...

Overview of agroforestry practices in southeastern Brazil.
September 22, 2004... Agroforestry is an age-old land-use system found around the world, which combines trees with crops and/or animals to increase overall productivity of the land. Brazil, one of the largest countries in the world, has vast acreages of industrial...

Can garlic (Allium sativum) be used as a meat preservative?
September 22, 2004... Garlic is known to have numerous beneficial effects tot human health, yet not much work has been done previously to explore its use as a natural food preservative. This study was designed to evaluate if garlic can be used as a natural...

An alginate-based fertilizer to reduce eutrophication of aquatic environments.
September 22, 2004... Leaching from nitrogen based fertilizers causes eutrophication of aquatic environments, which ultimately leads to hypoxia. For example, the surface area of such oxygen-starved regions in the Gulf of Mexico is rapidly increasing and greatly...

"In tune" what effect does gender have on the ability to identify the difference of pitch between two tones?
September 22, 2004... This experiment tested the effect gender had on the ability to identify the difference of pitch between two tones. First, background information concerning pitch was found, and then the experimental and control groups (based on students'...

Inadvertent bird captures in Sherman small mammal traps in an old field mosaic.
September 22, 2004... Many techniques and types of equipment have been used to live-trap birds for study, including mist nets, drop nets, cannon nets, funnel traps, pole traps, fall traps and cage traps among many others (Bub 1991). However, individuals are...

Notice of the transfer of the holotype specimen of Niobrarasaurus coleii (ankylosauria; nodosauridae) to the Sternberg Museum of Natural History.
September 22, 2004... Keywords: Smoky Hill Chalk, Niobrara, Cretaceous, Coniacian, Kansas, dinosaur. The holotype specimen of Niobrarasaurus coleii, a nodosaurian dinosaur, was discovered in 1930 in the Niobrara Chalk of southeastern Gove County, Kansas by...

New additions to the spider fauna of Kansas discovered near black-tailed prairie dog towns in shortgrass prairie.
September 22, 2004... A one-month pitfall trap survey in early summer of 2000 in the vicinity of prairie dog towns in the shortgrass prairie of western Kansas revealed the presence of seven species of spiders not previously recorded in Kansas. These species...

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Missouri.
September 22, 2004... Missouri is on the eastern edge of the natural range of the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and individuals might be expected occasionally to stray into the state from adjacent southwestern Iowa or southeastern Nebraska. This has not only...

Student awards 2004.
September 22, 2004... KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE College student oral and poster presentations were judged at the academy's annual meeting held in conjunction with the Missouri Academy of Science at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, April 17, 2004....