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Audience Candid
No full textCandid photo of the guests at the lecturehttps://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1037/thumbnail.jp
Books Display Case
No full textPerson in a personalized denim vest looks at the book display casehttps://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1057/thumbnail.jp
Action Clothes for Women Display
No full textTwo guests view the Action Clothes for American Women display case and poster.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1078/thumbnail.jp
Marla at Podium
No full textMarla Day stands at the podium, a photo of Nell Donnelly is on the presentation screenhttps://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1100/thumbnail.jp
Marla, Sara, Wylie, & Hannah
No full textMarla Day, Hannah Palsa, and Sara DeCaro speak with Wylie DeGruson, nephew of Gene DeGrusonhttps://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1120/thumbnail.jp
Guests Talk at the Lecture
No full textAngel Abshire, Olive Sullivan, and Meaghanne Mack talk at the lecturehttps://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1016/thumbnail.jp
HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING OF THE PLAINS SPOTTED SKUNK (SPILOGALE INTERRUPTA) IN KANSAS
Get PDFWhile once abundant across the central United States, the plains spotted skunk (Spilogale interrupta formerly Spilogale putorious) has experienced range wide population declines. In Kansas, the plains spotted skunk has suffered a particularly dramatic decline and is currently listed as a state-threatened species. Due to the deficit of knowledge on this species, we have paired a long-term, large-scale camera trap survey with the a regional, temporally discrete Species Distribution Model (SDM) to determine the ecology and presence of the plains spotted skunk in Kansas. We deployed camera traps for 40,393 trap nights across 29 counties between 2016 and 2023, resulting in spotted skunk detections at 6 unique camera sites. The last spotted skunk detection occurred in the state of Kansas in 2020, indicating a declining trend since 2005. Spotted skunks were found in locations with woody cover, and in landscapes with more grasslands and less row crop agriculture. To build a landscape-scale SDM, we used the R-based Maxnet algorithm. We trained the algorithm with spotted skunk presence locations between 1982 (i.e., year of state listing) to the most recent detection in 2020. The predictive map derived from our Maxnet model indicated only 7% of the state exhibited a greater than 50% chance of the plains spotted skunk occurrence. We found that spotted skunk presence was positively associated with landscape diversity and negatively associated with intensive agricultural practices. Overall, our findings suggest that, if not already, the plains spotted skunk may soon be extirpated from much of the state of Kansas
Timeline Display (Left)
No full textA display case in Special Collections for the Nelly Don Exhibit. Inside are books and color swatches.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1132/thumbnail.jp
Timeline Display (Right)
No full textA display case in Special Collections for the Nelly Don Exhibit. Inside are photographs, a sewing notebook, and sewing guide written by students.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/nellydonlecture/1133/thumbnail.jp
Window Arches
No full textBlack and white photograph of McCray looking at the window arches on the east side of the building.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/mccraybuilding/1005/thumbnail.jp