11 October 2002
Social
7:00 - 11:00 pm, Ross Natural History Reservation

12 October 2002
Registration
7:30 - 9:00 am, Schmidt Museum of Natural History, ESU Science Hall

9:00 Welcome and Introduction of Session Chair, ESU Science Hall 72
Greg Smith, Emporia State University
Glennis Kaufman, Kansas State University

Paper Session 1 (Jerry Choate, Fort Hays State University, Session Chair)
9:15 - 10:45 am, ESU Science Hall 72

9:15 Joseph E. Dean and Dwight W. Moore. Distribution of Blarina brevicauda and Blarina hylophaga south of the Kansas River. Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801.

9:30 Brian C. Bartels and Jerry R. Choate. Identification and distribution of Sorex cinereus and S. haydeni on the northern Great Plains. Department of Biological Sciences and Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601.

9:45 Scott A. Kelly and Thomas E. Tomasi. Effects of temperature on metabolism in torpid Myotis lucifugus and Pipistrellus subflavus. Biology Department, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804.

10:00 Ryan L. Rehmeier, Glennis A. Kaufman, and Donald W. Kaufman. Do deer mice respond similarly to artificial and natural burrows in the mixed and tallgrass prairies? Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.

10:15 Michael J. Shaughnessy, Jr. Using time series remotely sensed data to model patterns in carnivore occurrence. Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. (Present address: Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034.)

10:30 Elmer J. Finck1 and Dwight W. Moore2. A short history of the Central Plains Society of Mammalogists. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601. 2Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801.

10:45 Break

11:00 Keynote Address: Dr. Dawn M. Kaufman. Macroecological patterns of species, community, and faunal assembly. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.

12:00 Lunch on your own

Paper Session 2 (Jerry Choate, Fort Hays State University, Session Chair)
2:00 - 4:00 pm, ESU Science Hall 72

2:00 Justin Hoffman and Jerry R. Choate. Biogeographical relationship of the yellow-faced pocket gopher (Pappogeomys castanops) and the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) in Kansas. Department of Biological Sciences and Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601.

2:15 Aaron W. Reed, Glennis A. Kaufman, and Donald W. Kaufman. Seed predation in grasslands: interaction of productivity and seed availability. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.

2:30 Jonathan M. Conard and Phil S. Gipson. The effect of trap density on small mammal captures: a preliminary examination. Division of Biology and Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.

2:45 Break

3:15 Business Meeting

6:00 Dinner and Social, Ross Natural History Reservation

Poster Session

9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Schmidt Museum of Natural History, ESU Science Hall

Glennis A. Kaufman, et al. New innovations from the Kansas GAP project. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.

Glennis A. Kaufman, Dawn M. Kaufman, and Ryan L. Rehmeier. Kansas GAP Education Project: a state project resource manual. Division of Biology,