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West Nile virus and wild bird populations

Shelite, Thomas R. (Wichita State University, 2006-05)

West Nile Virus (WNV) first appeared in the western hemisphere in 1999, and has since spread across the United States and into Mexico and the Caribbean. It has been hypothesized that WNV has spread rapidly via migratory ...
West Nile virus antibodies in permanent resident and overwintering migrant birds in south-central Kansas

Shelite, Thomas R.; Rogers, Christopher M.; Litzner, Brandon R.; Johnson, R. Roy; Schneegurt, Mark A. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2008-06)

We conducted serological studies, using epitope-blocking ELISAs directed at West Nile virus (WNV) and flavivirus antibodies, of wild birds in south-central Kansas, the first for this state, in the winters of 2003-04 through ...
Wichita State University Virtual Herbarium: Filling a critical gap

Jameson, Mary Liz; Matveyeva, Susan J.; Russell, F. Leland; Deng, Sai; Scott, Stephen (Kansas State University. Great Plains Plant Systematics Symposium, 2010-10-08)

The Wichita State University (WSU) Herbarium is an active, regional collection with data that fill an important geographical gap in the Great Plains region. Specimens and associated data are essential in the management ...
WSU Ninnescah Biological Field Station

Wilder, Lowell W. (Wichita State University, 2009)

President Beggs, faculty and students of the Department of Biological Sciences introduce the University's Biology Field Station Ninnescah Reserve as a great research and teaching resource for exploration and preservation ...
Xenogeniates, a new and unusual genus of geniatine scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) from Brazil

Villatoro, Karla; Jameson, Mary Liz (Entomological Society of America, 2001-11)

A new genus and species of geniatine scarab is described from southeastern Brazil. The genus Xenogeniates is characterized by the unusual shape of the mesosternum, which is strongly invaginated and concave. Unusual ...