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Evidence of Ultraviolet Fluorescence in Baird's Pocket Gopher (Geomys breviceps) 贝尔德袋鼠（Geomys breviceps）的紫外线荧光证据

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1660/062.127.0106

Angel Abbasi, McKaughly Wing, Justin D. Hoffman

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A New Fossil Marine Vertebrate Assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous Fairport Chalk Member of the Carlile Shale in Russell County, Kansas, U.S.A. 美国堪萨斯州拉塞尔县卡莱尔页岩上白垩世费尔波特白垩统成员的新海洋脊椎动物化石组合

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0101

Lizette Arroyo, K. Shimada

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Bur Oak Two-Part Inventions: Growth and Reproduction in Two Quercus macrocarpa Cohorts 橡树的两部分发明：两种柞树群的生长与繁殖

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0102

Jon K. Piper

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A Population Study of Alfalfa Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Kansas 堪萨斯州紫花苜蓿象鼻虫（鞘翅目：卷须科）种群研究

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0110

Joanna C. Gress, Jade Horn, Nathaniel Skinner

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The 155th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science McPherson College, McPherson, KS, April 14-15, 2023 第155届堪萨斯科学院麦克弗森学院年会，堪萨斯麦克弗森，2023年4月14日至15日

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0117

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Photo Essay: Observations on the Survival of An Injured Great White Egret (Ardea alba) at High Park, Derby, Kansas 摄影论文：观察堪萨斯州德比高地公园一只受伤大白鹭（Ardea alba）的生存状况

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0109

M. Everhart

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Increasing Detection Sensitivity for Rare and Endangered Species in Kansas through Development of An Aquatic Environmental DNA Sampling Protocol 通过制定水生环境 DNA 采样协议提高堪萨斯州珍稀濒危物种的检测灵敏度

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0115

Sara Hallyburton, William Stark

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Book Review: For Want of Wings – A Bird with Teeth and a Dinosaur in the Family 书评为了翅膀--家里有一只长牙的鸟和一只恐龙

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0112

M. Everhart

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Bison (Bison bison) dung Decays Slowly but Can Still be Used to Track Short- and Long-Term Habitat Usage 野牛（Bison bison）粪便腐烂缓慢，但仍可用于追踪短期和长期栖息地使用情况

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0114

Brynn Noble, Zak Ratajczak

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A Quantum Mechanical Description of Photosensitization in Photodynamic Therapy Using a Two-Electron Molecule Approximation 用双电子分子近似描述光动力治疗中光敏作用的量子力学描述

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1660/062.126.0104

Vincent M Rossi

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