Four hundred twenty-seven specimens of vascular plants were collected at seven aquatic sites in 1998 and 1999 in an effort to further elucidate the aquatic flora in Ellis County, Kansas. Of 52 aquatic species collected Alismi triviale Pursh .,...
Effects of historic and continuing disturbance on the flora and mammalian fauna at Barr Lake State Park, Adams County, Colorado, were assessed. Construction of an impoundment and conversion of adjacent rangeland to cropland altered the composition,...
Studies of European limestone grasslands have suggested that when relatively small scale is considered, these grasslands are the most floristically rich sites on Earth. This study of shallow limestone communities in western Kansas was designed to...
"Biological diversity is being threatened by the encroachment of humans, which
limits the habitat available for conservation and strains resources allocated for
conservation efforts. However conservation goals have to be achieved within...
Populations of small mammals were studied in the wheat/grain sorghum rotation agro- system in west-central Kansas. Two areas, each representing a different phase of the crop rotation cycle, were live-trapped. Diversity, evenness, richness, and...
The small mammal populations of fencerows and crop field borders were sampled in an agricultural-grassland mosaic of west-central Kansas. Farming is a dryland, 3-year rotation of wheat, grain sorghum, and fallow. Two sites were sampled, one on the...
Seven habitats were sampled from March through October 1991. Five study sites (alfalfa, grain sorghum, winter wheat, corn, and soybean) represented the principal agricultural crop types of Kansas. The remaining two study sites, a fencerow bordered...
The central grasslands of North America are a current focus for biological research because of the loss of native prairie across the continent. The loss of habitat due to farming, ranching, and urban development has adversely impacted a number of...
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has provided many benefits for wildlife and has become (an instrumental tool for wildlife conservation on privately owned land. However, enrollment quotas within the general sign-up for the CRP often are...
I investigated the use of riparian areas along the North Fork of the Solomon River and Bow Creek on Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge by migrating birds during the spring of 1997. One banding site and two bird census transects were set up along each...
I sampled small mammal populations using snap traps in untreated, herbicide treated, and tilled fallow fields in Rooks and Ellis countries, Kansas. The most common small mammals were Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys megalotis in 1993 and...
Disturbance of ecosystems by road construction results in habitat fragmentation and edge effects. Studies assessing effect of road construction on the native plant communities and dispersal of exotic plant species have indicated this type of...
Various grassland bird species have exhibited population declines over the past 60 years. Recent interest in understanding the causes for the decline in grassland birds has prompted numerous research studies. Several studies have focused on changes...
ABSTRACT Previous studies indicate the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) alters its environment through grazing, clipping, and burrowing, which affect plant community composition, cover, species richness, and biomass. Previous...
Populations of small mammals from a wheat field were compared with those from an adjoining roadside ditch in Ellis County, Kansas, for a 9-month period in 1988. Indices of diversity, evenness, and richness of small mammals in both habitats were...
Previous research yielded much in the way of analyzing various communication methods. However, little research had been conducted on individuals' preferences of communication methods as used by an organization to which they belong. The gap in this...
Eight riparian sites along the two major rivers in Ellis County, Kansas, were studied during summer of 1978. Studies were designed to elucidate historical intensity of livestock grazing, vegetative cover and structure, and avian...
Small mammals were trapped on four habitats; cropland, roadside ditch, pasture, and remnant grassland. The small mammal community of each of these habitats were compared on the basis of richness, evenness, diversity, and similarity. The cropland...
Seed bank composition and floristic species diversity were examined in the spring seep zone of the marsh ridge community at Haberer’s Salf Marsh in central Kansas. One hundred cores were collected in the spring seep zone on each of the four...
The carabid beetle taxocenes in two treatment types, CRP and rangeland, were investigated to determine what species of carabids inhabit those areas. In the summer of 2005, 34 pitfall-arrays were set-up in a paired design through Trego County,...
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