{"title":"One Hundred Years Ago in the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science","authors":"","doi":"10.1660/062.123.0114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.123.0114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"123 1","pages":"178 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43133976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryan J. Sowards, Scott Waters, R. Pinkall, E. Flores
{"title":"Stocking and Collection History of the Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) in Kansas with a Recent Record","authors":"Bryan J. Sowards, Scott Waters, R. Pinkall, E. Flores","doi":"10.1660/062.123.0126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.123.0126","url":null,"abstract":"The Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) was first documented in Kansas at a United States Fish and Wildlife Service fish hatchery near Farlington, Kansas in 1955. Some early stockings occurred, but the full extent is unknown. Historical distribution information on the species was limited to three collection records deposited as museum vouchers and two records noted in early manuscripts. We performed a review of the species in Kansas, including information from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism's Fish Sampling Database, museum vouchers, and literature records to determine its known extent in Kansas. The Brown Bullhead has been documented from eleven water bodies throughout six counties. Eight of these records were from impoundments or government-managed wetlands and two records were from streams. Most observations in Kansas occurred in the 1990's, or earlier. The restricted timeframe of most of the collections leaves these populations in doubt, especially considering impoundment renovations that have occurred throughout the last several decades. However, we document a 2019 collection from Ottawa State Fishing Lake, Ottawa County, Kansas. We collected nine Brown Bullhead in this impoundment from June and July 2019. The species has not been documented at any other water body in Kansas since 2004.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"123 1","pages":"259 - 264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42064501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday Science; Natural History of the Midwest in Photographs","authors":"","doi":"10.1660/062.123.0119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.123.0119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"123 1","pages":"222 - 224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46291311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revisiting Old Data to Answer Modern Conservation Questions: Population Modeling of Two Species in Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis sp. in Kansas","authors":"J. D. Riedle, G. Pisani","doi":"10.1660/062.123.0120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.123.0120","url":null,"abstract":"There is increasing interest on the effects of take for the pet trade on reptiles in Kansas, although little data is available to elucidate possible impacts. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism and the Kansas Biological Survey recently partnered on a project to digitize Henry Fitch's nearly 60 years of data collection on Northeast Kansas snake populations. We utilized the mark-recapture data for two species of snakes, the Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster and the Milk Snake L. triangulum to build population models and identify life history stages most vulnerable to take. Population growth rates for L. calligaster were most sensitive to changes in both juvenile and adult female survivorship. Lampropeltis triangulum was most sensitive to take of adult females. Sustained take over 20 years exceeding 30% in L. triangulum resulted in population extirpation based on population viability models developed here.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"123 1","pages":"225 - 233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48845119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Donald W. and Glennis A. Kaufman Research Award Established by the American Society of Mammalogists","authors":"","doi":"10.1660/062.123.0128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.123.0128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"123 1","pages":"269 - 270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42488360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Formation of the Kansas Academy of Science - an Early History","authors":"","doi":"10.1660/062.123.0123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.123.0123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"123 1","pages":"242 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47545839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploitation of Walleye in Milford Reservoir, Kansas with an Emphasis on a Large Fishing Tournament","authors":"J. Koch, John A. Reinke","doi":"10.1660/062.122.0307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.122.0307","url":null,"abstract":"We estimated exploitation of walleye at Milford Reservoir in 2015 by tagging 433 walleye with reward tags and monitoring their returns for one year. Estimates of annual exploitation varied from 22% to 50%, depending on angler nonreporting rate. An objective of this study was to determine effect of a large walleye tournament on exploitation of walleye. Exploitation of walleye by tournament anglers was low and immediate mortality associated with tournament weigh in procedures was also low. In general, most harvest of tagged walleye came from recreational anglers who resided in Northeast Kansas near Milford Reservoir. Approximately 85% of tagged fish reported by anglers were caught in April through June. Linear regression indicated a negative relationship between proportion of tagged fish caught per length group and increasing size, suggesting catchability of tagged fish decreased with increasing size. Male and female walleye were caught by anglers in approximately similar proportions to those in which they were tagged.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"122 1","pages":"243 - 250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45701444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Activity of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Vary between Human-Hunted Areas and Refugia?","authors":"Dylan M. Osterhaus, William E. Jensen","doi":"10.1660/062.122.0306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.122.0306","url":null,"abstract":"Hunting by humans impacts behaviors of targeted species, similar to what is observed in other predator-prey systems. Managed wildlife areas commonly have refuges where hunting is prohibited. Deer (family Cervidae) are commonly hunted species and their behavior might differ between such refuges and areas outside refuges where deer hunting is permitted. We predicted that white-tailed deer detections would be higher in refuges than in hunted areas as populations seek refugia from hunting, and that detections would be greatest at night in hunted vs. refuge areas. Using camera traps in refuge and hunted areas on two public wildlife areas in eastern Kansas, we calculated detections of individual deer per hour and categorized days into four time periods (dawn, day, dusk, night). Detection rates of deer overall (sexes pooled) did not vary significantly between refuges and hunted areas. Unexpectedly, male detection rates were higher in hunted areas than refuges. Differences in deer detection rates among time periods were marginally significant for deer overall with detection rates being higher during dawn than daytime, apparently driven by activity of females (as males showed no significant pattern). Sizes of the refuges in our study might not have been large enough to negate the effects of hunting pressure on deer behavior. Despite standardization of habitat characteristics, habitat differences between refuge and hunted areas may have also affected deer behavior. It is also possible that hunting pressure during our study (18 October – 15 November 2018) was not high enough to alter deer behavior. Future study is warranted to account for these variables.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"122 1","pages":"235 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47442828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kansas Junior Academy of Science – Awarded Student Projects","authors":"Jill Fisher","doi":"10.1660/062.122.0316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.122.0316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"122 1","pages":"288 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44219875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Note on Dragonflies Photographed in Sedgwick County - 2019","authors":"M. Everhart","doi":"10.1660/062.122.0320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.122.0320","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"122 1","pages":"303 - 312"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46480269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}