Central Plains Society of Mammalogists
Schedule - 2000 Annual Meeting

13 October 2000
Social 7:00 - 11:00, Ross Natural History Reservation
14 October 2000
Registration 7:30 - 9:00 am, Schmidt Museum of Natural History, Science Hall
 
Paper Session 1, 9:00 - 10:45, Science Hall 72; Lynne Parrish, Chair
9:00 Ryan L. Rehmeier, Glennis A. Kaufman, and Donald W. Kaufman. Deer mice: Short-term movements, long-term data. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
9:15 A. C. Ostroff1, E. J. Finck1, C. Roy2. Determining habitat characteristics important to river otter in Eastern Kansas: in progress. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801; 2Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, Emporia, KS 66801
9:30 Matthew J. Brady and Norman A. Slade. Temporal variation in the influence of cotton rat abundance on community diversity. Natural History Museum and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
9:45 Kyle R. Van Why1, Stasia Bembenck2, Philip S. Gipson1, and Michael W. Dryden2. Raccoon movements, den sites, and latrine locations around Sunset Zoo, Manhattan, Kansas. 1Kansas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
10:00 Robert P. Anderson. Testing ecological hypotheses with museum records: evidence for competition in spiny pocket mice? Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
10:15 Michael V. Snyder1, Elmer J. Finck1, David K. Saunders1, and Diane Post2. Seasonal variation in hematological values of eastern woodrats (Neotoma floridana). 1Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801; 2Department of Biology, University of Texas - Permian Basin, Odessa, TX 79762
10:30 Jackie A. DeSanty1, Elmer J. Finck1, and Roger D. Applegate2. Habitat use of fox squirrel in Eastern Kansas as determined by leaf nest searches. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801; 2Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, Emporia, KS 66801
10:45 Break
11:00 Keynote Address: Dr. Robert B. Channell. Mapping the Geography of Extinction. Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
12:00 Lunch on your own
Paper Session 2, 1:00 - 3:00, Science Hall 72; Andrea Ostroff, Chair
1:00 Steven R. Hoofer, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Serena Reeder, and Eric W. Hansen. Phylogenetic affinities of the nataloid bats; evidence from DNA sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Zoology Department and Collection of Vertebrates, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
1:15 William M. Cook. Space use by prairie voles: Runway distribution in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
1:30 Aaron W. Reed, Glennis A. Kaufman, and Donald W. Kaufman. Population variability in Reithrodontomys megalotis: the influence of biotic and abiotic conditions. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
1:45 Raymond S. Matlack, Glennis A. Kaufman, and Donald W. Kaufman. Deer mice in tallgrass prairie: the influence of grazing by native and introduced ungulates. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
Poster Session, Science Hall 72
2:00 Jackie A. DeSanty1 and Roger D. Applegate2. Potential habitat for swamp rabbit in Kansas. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801; 2Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, Emporia, KS 66801
2:15 Business Meeting (Minutes available here)
5:00 Social and Dinner at Ross Reservation