Katherine Ralls, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States 
Area:
conservation biology

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2020 Ralls K, Sunnucks P, Lacy RC, Frankham R. Genetic rescue: A critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation Biological Conservation. 251: 108784. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2020.108784  0.339
2019 Brownell RL, Reeves RR, Read AJ, Smith BD, Thomas PO, Ralls K, Amano M, Berggren P, Chit AM, Collins T, Currey R, Dolar MLL, Genov T, Hobbs RC, Kreb D, et al. Bycatch in gillnet fisheries threatens Critically Endangered small cetaceans and other aquatic megafauna Endangered Species Research. 40: 285-296. DOI: 10.3354/Esr00994  0.308
2019 Westall TL, Cypher BL, Ralls K, Wilbert T. Observations Of Social Polygyny, Allonursing, Extrapair Copulation, And Inbreeding In Urban San Joaquin Kit Foxes (Vulpes Macrotis Mutica) Southwestern Naturalist. 63: 271. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-63-4-271  0.305
2019 Wilbert TR, Woollett DAS, Westphal MF, Whitelaw A, Ralls K, Maldonado JE. Distribution, fine-scale subdivision, and population size of San Joaquin kit foxes in the Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area, California Conservation Genetics. 20: 405-417. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-018-1122-3  0.373
2018 Gagne RB, Tinker MT, Gustafson KD, Ralls K, Larson S, Tarjan LM, Miller MA, Ernest HB. Measures of effective population size in sea otters reveal special considerations for wide-ranging species. Evolutionary Applications. 11: 1779-1790. PMID 30459829 DOI: 10.1111/Eva.12642  0.375
2017 Ralls K, McInerney NR, Gagne RB, Ernest HB, Tinker MT, Fujii J, Maldonado J. Mitogenomes and relatedness do not predict frequency of tool-use by sea otters. Biology Letters. 13. PMID 28330975 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2016.0880  0.336
2017 Ralls K, Ballou JD, Dudash MR, Eldridge MDB, Fenster CB, Lacy RC, Sunnucks P, Frankham R. Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations Conservation Letters. 11: e12412. DOI: 10.1111/Conl.12412  0.328
2016 Pryor DL, Ralls K. Fourteen tail feathers: An autosomal recessive trait in california condors (Gymnogyps californianus). Zoo Biology. PMID 27862255 DOI: 10.1002/Zoo.21335  0.327
2015 Dines JP, Mesnick SL, Ralls K, May-Collado L, Agnarsson I, Dean MD. A trade-off between precopulatory and postcopulatory trait investment in male cetaceans. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 69: 1560-72. PMID 25929734 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12676  0.341
2015 Hofman CA, Rick TC, Hawkins MT, Funk WC, Ralls K, Boser CL, Collins PW, Coonan T, King JL, Morrison SA, Newsome SD, Sillett TS, Fleischer RC, Maldonado JE. Mitochondrial genomes suggest rapid evolution of dwarf California Channel Islands foxes (Urocyon littoralis). Plos One. 10: e0118240. PMID 25714775 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0118240  0.311
2015 Wilbert TR, Woollett DAS, Whitelaw A, Dart J, Hoyt JR, Galen S, Ralls K, Meade DE, Maldonado JE. Non-invasive baseline genetic monitoring of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox on a photovoltaic solar facility Endangered Species Research. 27: 31-41. DOI: 10.3354/Aei00649  0.386
2015 Drake EM, Cypher BL, Ralls K, Perrine JD, White R, Coonan TJ. Home-range size and habitat selection by male Island Foxes (Urocyon littoralis) in a Low-Density Population Southwestern Naturalist. 60: 247-255. DOI: 10.1894/Swnat-D-14-00021.1  0.366
2015 Fujii JA, Ralls K, Tinker MT. Ecological drivers of variation in tool-use frequency across sea otter populations Behavioral Ecology. 26: 519-526. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Aru220  0.341
2013 Curry BE, Ralls K, Brownell RL. Prospects for captive breeding of poorly known small cetacean species Endangered Species Research. 19: 223-243. DOI: 10.3354/Esr00461  0.374
2013 Ralls K, Sanchez JN, Savage J, Coonan TJ, Hudgens BR, Cypher BL. Social relationships and reproductive behavior of island foxes inferred from proximity logger data Journal of Mammalogy. 94: 1185-1196. DOI: 10.1644/13-Mamm-A-057.1  0.338
2012 Frankham R, Ballou JD, Dudash MR, Eldridge MDB, Fenster CB, Lacy RC, Mendelson JR, Porton IJ, Ralls K, Ryder OA. Implications of different species concepts for conserving biodiversity Biological Conservation. 153: 25-31. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2012.04.034  0.364
2011 Frankham R, Ballou JD, Eldridge MD, Lacy RC, Ralls K, Dudash MR, Fenster CB. Predicting the probability of outbreeding depression. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 25: 465-75. PMID 21486369 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2011.01662.X  0.34
2010 Newsome SD, Bentall GB, Tinker MT, Oftedal OT, Ralls K, Estes JA, Fogel ML. Variation in delta13C and delta15N diet-vibrissae trophic discrimination factors in a wild population of California sea otters. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. 20: 1744-52. PMID 20945772 DOI: 10.1890/09-1502.1  0.312
2010 Ralls K, Sharma S, Smith DA, Bremner-Harrison S, Cypher BL, Maldonado JE. Changes in kit fox defecation patterns during the reproductive season: Implications for noninvasive surveys Journal of Wildlife Management. 74: 1457-1462. DOI: 10.1111/J.1937-2817.2010.Tb01272.X  0.301
2009 Newsome SD, Tinker MT, Monson DH, Oftedal OT, Ralls K, Staedler MM, Fogel ML, Estes JA. Using stable isotopes to investigate individual diet specialization in California sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Ecology. 90: 961-74. PMID 19449691 DOI: 10.1890/07-1812.1  0.33
2009 Bakker VJ, Doak DF, Roemer GW, Garcelon DK, Coonan TJ, Morrison SA, Lynch C, Ralls K, Shaw R. Incorporating ecological drivers and uncertainty into a demographic population viability analysis for the island fox Ecological Monographs. 79: 77-108. DOI: 10.1890/07-0817.1  0.31
2008 Murdoch JD, Ralls K, Cypher BL, Reading RP. Barking vocalizations in San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes Macrotis Mutica) Southwestern Naturalist. 53: 118-124. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2008)53[118:Bvisjk]2.0.Co;2  0.327
2007 Ralls K, Cypher B, Spiegel LK. Social monogamy in kit foxes: Formation, association, duration, and dissolution of mated pairs Journal of Mammalogy. 88: 1439-1446. DOI: 10.1644/06-Mamm-A-348R.1  0.302
2006 Smith DA, Ralls K, Cypher BL, Clark HO, Kelly PA, Williams DF, Maldonado JE. Relative abundance of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) based on scat-detection dog surveys Southwestern Naturalist. 51: 210-219. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[210:Raoesj]2.0.Co;2  0.306
2005 Smith DA, Ralls K, Cypher BL, Maldonado JE. Assessment of scat-detection dog surveys to determine kit fox distribution Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33: 897-904. DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[897:Aosdst]2.0.Co;2  0.322
2005 Loew SS, Williams DF, Ralls K, Pilgrim K, Fleischer RC. Population structure and genetic variation in the endangered giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) Conservation Genetics. 6: 495-510. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-005-9005-9  0.367
2005 Schwartz MK, Ralls K, Williams DF, Cypher BL, Pilgrim KL, Fleischer RC. Gene flow among San Joaquin kit fox populations in a severely changed ecosystem Conservation Genetics. 6: 25-37. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-004-7719-8  0.322
2004 Ralls K, Ballou JD. Genetic status and management of California Condors Condor. 106: 215-228. DOI: 10.1650/7348  0.35
2004 Haight RG, Cypher B, Kelly PA, Phillips S, Ralls K, Possingham HP. Optimizing reserve expansion for disjunct populations of San Joaquin kit fox Biological Conservation. 117: 61-72. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00263-5  0.336
2003 Estes JA, Hatfield BB, Ralls K, Ames J. Causes of mortality in California sea otters during periods of population growth and decline Marine Mammal Science. 19: 198-216. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.2003.Tb01102.X  0.312
2002 Haight RG, Cypher B, Kelly PA, Phillips S, Possingham HP, Ralls K, Starfield AM, White PJ, Williams D. Optimizing habitat protection using demographic models of population viability Conservation Biology. 16: 1386-1397. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.2002.99510.X  0.3
2000 White PJ, Ralls K, Siniff DB. Nocturnal encounters between kit foxes Journal of Mammalogy. 81: 456-461. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0456:Nebkf>2.0.Co;2  0.306
2000 Ralls K, Ballou JD, Rideout BA, Frankham R. Genetic management of chondrodystrophy in California condors Animal Conservation. 3: 145-153. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-1795.2000.Tb00239.X  0.333
2000 Haight RG, Ralls K, Starfield AM. Designing species traslocation strategies when population growth and future funding are uncertain Conservation Biology. 14: 1298-1307. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.2000.99414.X  0.301
1999 Miller B, Ralls K, Reading RP, Scott JM, Estes J. Biological and technical considerations of carnivore translocation: A review Animal Conservation. 2: 59-68. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-1795.1999.Tb00049.X  0.322
1998 Frankham R, Ralls K. Inbreeding leads to extinction Nature. 392: 441-442. DOI: 10.1038/33022  0.342
1997 Good SV, Williams DF, Ralls K, Fleischer RC. POPULATION STRUCTURE OF DIPODOMYS INGENS (HETEROMYIDAE): THE ROLE OF SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN MAINTAINING GENETIC DIVERSITY. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 51: 1296-1310. PMID 28565504 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1997.Tb03976.X  0.354
1997 Ralls K, Eberhardt LL. Assessment of abundance of San Joaquin kit foxes by spotlight surveys Journal of Mammalogy. 78: 65-73. DOI: 10.2307/1382639  0.319
1996 White PJ, Vanderbilt White CA, Ralls K. Functional and numerical responses of kit foxes to a short- term decline in mammalian prey Journal of Mammalogy. 77: 370-376. DOI: 10.2307/1382810  0.364
1996 Ralls K, Demaster DP, Estes JA. Developing a criterion for delisting the southern sea otter under the U.S. Endangered Species Act | Desarrollo de un criterio para desenlistar la nutria marina del sur bajo el Acta de Especies Amenazadas de los Estados Unidos Conservation Biology. 10: 1528-1537. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1996.10061528.X  0.322
1995 Ralls K, White PJ. Predation on San Joaquin kit foxes by larger canids Journal of Mammalogy. 76: 723-729. DOI: 10.2307/1382743  0.313
1995 Starfield AM, Roth JD, Ralls K. Mobbing″ in Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslani): The value of simulation modeling in the absence of apparently crucial data Conservation Biology. 9: 166-174. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1995.09010166.X  0.361
1993 Mercure A, Ralls K, Koepfli KP, Wayne RK. GENETIC SUBDIVISIONS AMONG SMALL CANIDS: MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DIFFERENTIATION OF SWIFT, KIT, AND ARCTIC FOXES. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 47: 1313-1328. PMID 28564903 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1993.Tb02157.X  0.381
1993 Hoelzel AR, Halley J, O'Brien SJ, Campagna C, Arnbom T, Le Boeuf B, Ralls K, Dover GA. Elephant seal genetic variation and the use of simulation models to investigate historical population bottlenecks. The Journal of Heredity. 84: 443-9. PMID 7505788 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jhered.A111370  0.355
1990 Ralls K, Siniff DB. Time budgets and activity patterns in California sea otters Journal of Wildlife Management. 54: 251-259. DOI: 10.2307/3809038  0.331
1988 Ralls K, Ballou JD, Templeton A. Estimates of Lethal Equivalents and the Cost of Inbreeding in Mammals Conservation Biology. 2: 185-193. DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.1988.Tb00169.X  0.333
1986 Ralls K, Ballou J. Captive breeding programs for populations with a small number of founders. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 1: 19-22. PMID 21227773 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(86)90062-5  0.351
1986 Ralls K, Ballou JD. Preface to the proceedings of the workshop on genetic management of captive populations Zoo Biology. 5: 81-86. DOI: 10.1002/Zoo.1430050202  0.305
1983 Ralls K, Ballou J, Brownell RL. Genetic diversity in California sea otters: Theoretical considerations and management implications Biological Conservation. 25: 209-232. DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(83)90037-X  0.362
1982 Ralls K, Ballou J. Effect of inbreeding on juvenile mortality in some small mammal species. Laboratory Animals. 16: 159-66. PMID 7043080 DOI: 10.1258/002367782781110151  0.302
1982 Ballou J, Ralls K. Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates: A detailed analysis Biological Conservation. 24: 239-272. DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(82)90014-3  0.346
1979 Ralls K, Brugger K, Ballou J. Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates. Science (New York, N.Y.). 206: 1101-3. PMID 493997 DOI: 10.1126/Science.493997  0.343
1971 Ralls K. Mammalian scent marking. Science (New York, N.Y.). 171: 443-9. PMID 4992621 DOI: 10.1126/Science.171.3970.443  0.314
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2003 Ralls K, White PJ. Diurnal spacing patterns in kit foxes, a monogamous canid Southwestern Naturalist. 48: 432-436. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0432:Dspikf>2.0.Co;2  0.3
1976 Ralls K. Mammals in which females are larger than males. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 51: 245-76. PMID 785524 DOI: 10.1086/409310  0.299
1993 Ralls K, Meadows R. Conservation genetics. Breeding like flies. Nature. 361: 689-90. PMID 8441462 DOI: 10.1038/361689A0  0.299
1996 Ralls K, Eagle TC, Siniff DB. Movement and spatial use patterns of California sea otters Canadian Journal of Zoology. 74: 1841-1849. DOI: 10.1139/Z96-207  0.298
2016 Hofman CA, Rick TC, Maldonado JE, Collins PW, Erlandson JM, Fleischer RC, Smith C, Sillett TS, Ralls K, Teeter W, Vellanoweth RL, Newsome SD. Tracking the origins and diet of an endemic island canid (Urocyon littoralis) across 7300 years of human cultural and environmental change Quaternary Science Reviews. 146: 147-160. DOI: 10.1016/J.Quascirev.2016.06.010  0.298
1991 Siniff DB, Ralls K. Reproduction, survival and tag loss in California sea otters Marine Mammal Science. 7: 211-229. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.1991.Tb00099.X  0.297
2019 Haslam M, Fujii J, Espinosa S, Mayer K, Ralls K, Tinker MT, Uomini N. Wild sea otter mussel pounding leaves archaeological traces. Scientific Reports. 9: 4417. PMID 30872658 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-39902-Y  0.295
2010 Bozarth CA, Alva-Campbell YR, Ralls K, Henry TR, Smith DA, Westphal MF, Maldonado JE. An efficient noninvasive method for discriminating among faeces of sympatric North American canids Conservation Genetics Resources. 2: 173-175. DOI: 10.1007/S12686-010-9215-4  0.295
1997 Paxinos E, McIntosh C, Ralls K, Fleischer R. A noninvasive method for distinguishing among canid species: amplification and enzyme restriction of DNA from dung. Molecular Ecology. 6: 483-6. PMID 9161016 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-294X.1997.00206.X  0.295
2010 Newsome SD, Ralls K, Van Horn Job C, Fogel ML, Cypher BL. Stable isotopes evaluate exploitation of anthropogenic foods by the endangered San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) Journal of Mammalogy. 91: 1313-1321. DOI: 10.1644/09-Mamm-A-362.1  0.294
1975 Ralls K, Barasch C, Minkowski K. Behavior of captive mouse deer, Tragulus napu. Zeitschrift Fã¼R Tierpsychologie. 37: 356-78. PMID 1241752 DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1975.Tb00886.X  0.294
2006 Smith DA, Ralls K, Hurt A, Adams B, Parker M, Maldonado JE. Assessing reliability of microsatellite genotypes from kit fox faecal samples using genetic and GIS analyses. Molecular Ecology. 15: 387-406. PMID 16448408 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2005.02841.X  0.291
1977 Ralls K. Sexual Dimorphism In Mammals: Avian Models And Unanswered Questions The American Naturalist. 111: 917-938. DOI: 10.1086/283223  0.291
1985 Ralls K, Harvey PH. Geographic variation in size and sexual dimorphism of North American weasels Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 25: 119-167. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.1985.Tb00389.X  0.29
1992 Ralls K, Hoelzel AR. Genetic Ecology of Whales and Dolphins Journal of Wildlife Management. 56: 826. DOI: 10.2307/3809490  0.286
1988 Ralls K, Ballou J. Viable populations for conservation: edited by Michael E. Soulé, Cambridge University Press, 1987. £25/$44.50 hbk, £9.95/$16.95 pbk (xii + 189 pages) ISBN 0 521 33390 (hbk), 0 521 33657 (pbk) Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 148-149. DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(88)90182-6  0.282
2019 Westall TL, Cypher BL, Ralls K, Germano DJ. Raising Pups of Urban San Joaquin Kit Fox: Relative Roles of Adult Group Members Western North American Naturalist. 79: 364-377. DOI: 10.3398/064.079.0307  0.282
2014 Frankham R, Lacy RC, Ballou JD, Dudash MR, Eldridge MDB, Fenster CB, Mendelson JR, Porton IJ, Ralls K, Ryder OA. Species concepts for conservation - Reply to Russello and Amato Biological Conservation. 170: 334-335. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2013.12.039  0.28
1986 Ralls K, Kranz K, Lundrigan B. Mother-young relationships in captive ungulates: variability and clustering Animal Behaviour. 34: 134-145. DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(86)90015-1  0.279
2008 Murdoch JD, Ralls K, Cypher B, Reading R. Social interactions among San Joaquin kit foxes before, during, and after the mating season Journal of Mammalogy. 89: 1087-1093. DOI: 10.1644/07-Mamm-A-152.1  0.278
2010 Ralls K, Lundrigan B, Kranz K. Mother-young relationships in captive ungulates: behavioral changes over time Ethology. 75: 1-14. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1987.Tb00637.X  0.277
1993 White PJ, Ralls K. Reproduction and spacing patterns of kit foxes relative to changing prey availability Journal of Wildlife Management. 57: 861-867. DOI: 10.2307/3809090  0.275
1985 Ralls K, Fiorelli P, Gish S. Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina Canadian Journal of Zoology. 63: 1050-1056. DOI: 10.1139/Z85-157  0.269
1984 Ralls K. The Biology and Management of an Extinct Species: Pere David's Deer.Benjamin B. Beck , Christen Wemmer The Quarterly Review of Biology. 59: 78-79. DOI: 10.1086/413718  0.269
1989 Ralls K, Siniff DB, Williams TD, Kuechle VB. AN INTRAPERITONEAL RADIO TRANSMITTER FOR SEA OTTERS Marine Mammal Science. 5: 376-381. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.1989.Tb00349.X  0.267
1997 Ralls K. Praire Night: Black-Footed Ferrets and the Recovery of Endangered Species.Brian Miller , Richard P. Reading , Steve Forrest The Quarterly Review of Biology. 72: 211-212. DOI: 10.1086/419806  0.265
1987 Ralls K, Lundrigan B, Kranz K. Mother-young relationships in captive ungulates: Spatial and temporal patterns Zoo Biology. 6: 11-20. DOI: 10.1002/Zoo.1430060103  0.263
1995 Ralls K, Hatfield BB, Siniff DB. Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry Canadian Journal of Zoology. 73: 523-531. DOI: 10.1139/Z95-060  0.262
2004 Murdoch JD, Ralls K, Cypher BL. Two observations of tree climbing by the San Joaquin kit fox Southwestern Naturalist. 49: 522-523. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0522:Tootcb>2.0.Co;2  0.262
2018 Fenster CB, Ballou JD, Dudash MR, Eldridge MDB, Frankham R, Lacy RC, Ralls K, Sunnucks P. Conservation and Genetics. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 91: 491-501. PMID 30588214  0.261
2001 Ralls K. How Can We Conserve Mammals Ecology. 82: 2373-2374. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2373:Hcwcm]2.0.Co;2  0.26
2001 Ralls K, Pilgrim KL, White PJ, Paxinos EE, Schwartz MK, Fleischer RC. Kinship, social relationships, and den sharing in kit foxes Journal of Mammalogy. 82: 858-866. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0858:Ksrads>2.0.Co;2  0.259
2009 Brownell RL, Ralls K, Baumann-Pickering S, Poole MM. Behavior of melon-headed whales, peponocephala electra, near oceanic islands Marine Mammal Science. 25: 639-658. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.2009.00281.X  0.259
1995 Ralls K, Starfield AM. Choosing a management strategy: Two structured decision-making methods for evaluating the predictions of stochastic simulation models Conservation Biology. 9: 175-181. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1995.09010175.X  0.257
1976 Ralls K. Being Female.Dana Raphael The Quarterly Review of Biology. 51: 464-464. DOI: 10.1086/409569  0.254
2001 Ralls K, Entwistle A, Dunstone N. How Can We Conserve Mammals?@@@Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity: Has the Panda had Its Day? Ecology. 82: 2373. DOI: 10.2307/2680239  0.251
2017 Fujii JA, Ralls K, Tinker MT. Food abundance, prey morphology, and diet specialization influence individual sea otter tool use Behavioral Ecology. 28: 1206-1216. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arx011  0.246
1990 Ralls K. The Natural History of Weasels & Stoats. Carolyn King The Quarterly Review of Biology. 65: 517-517. DOI: 10.1086/417007  0.246
1986 Ralls K. The Natural History of Otters. Paul Chanin The Quarterly Review of Biology. 61: 561-561. DOI: 10.1086/415212  0.245
1983 Ralls K. Horse Behavior. The Behavioral Traits and Adaptations of Domestic and Wild Horses, Including Ponies. George H. Waring The Quarterly Review of Biology. 58: 593-593. DOI: 10.1086/413633  0.24
2004 Ortega J, Franco MDR, Adams BA, Ralls K, Maldonado JE. A reliable, non-invasive method for sex determination in the endangered San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and other canids Conservation Genetics. 5: 715-718. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-003-1862-5  0.238
2003 Smith DA, Ralls K, Hurt A, Adams B, Parker M, Davenport B, Smith MC, Maldonado JE. Detection and accuracy rates of dogs trained to find scats of San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) Animal Conservation. 6: 339-346. DOI: 10.1017/S136794300300341X  0.238
1986 Harvey PH, Ralls K. Inbreeding: Do animals avoid incest? Nature. 320: 575-576. DOI: 10.1038/320575B0  0.237
1989 Ralls K, Brownell RL. Protected Species – Research Permits and the Value of Basic Research Bioscience. 39: 394-396. DOI: 10.2307/1311069  0.237
2013 Regan TJ, Taylor BL, Thompson GG, Cochrane JF, Ralls K, Runge MC, Merrick R. Testing decision rules for categorizing species' extinction risk to help develop quantitative listing criteria for the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 27: 821-31. PMID 23646933 DOI: 10.1111/Cobi.12055  0.235
1978 Ralls K. Primate Ecology: Studies of Feeding and Ranging Behaviour in Lemurs, Monkeys, and Apes.T. H. Clutton-Brock The Quarterly Review of Biology. 53: 326-327. DOI: 10.1086/410702  0.235
1988 Ralls K, Brownell RL. Sperm competition in grey whales. Nature. 336: 116-7. PMID 3185732 DOI: 10.1038/336116A0  0.233
1980 Ralls K, Brugger K, Glick A. Deleterious effects of inbreeding in a herd of captive Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas International Zoo Yearbook. 20: 137-146. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-1090.1980.Tb00957.X  0.232
2014 Cypher B, Drake E, Savage J, King J, Ralls K, Coonan T, Perrine J, Duncan C. Evaluation of New Telemetry Technologies for Research on Island Foxes Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist. 7: 357-372. DOI: 10.3398/042.007.0127  0.23
1980 Ralls K. Cetacean Behavior Behavior of Marine Animals, Current Perspectives in Research, Volume 3: Cetaceans Howard E. Winn Bori L. Olla Bioscience. 30: 192-192. DOI: 10.2307/1308048  0.227
2007 Jaramillo-Legorreta A, Rojas-Bracho L, Brownell RL, Read AJ, Reeves RR, Ralls K, Taylor BL. Saving the vaquita: immediate action, not more data. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 21: 1653-5. PMID 18173491 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2007.00825.X  0.225
1970 Ralls K, Schenkel R, Schenkel-Hulliger L. Ecology and Behavior of the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L.): A Field Study Journal of Mammalogy. 51: 647. DOI: 10.2307/1378422  0.225
2021 Parker LD, Campana MG, Quinta JD, Cypher B, Rivera I, Fleischer RC, Ralls K, Wilbert TR, Boarman R, Boarman WI, Maldonado JE. An efficient method for simultaneous species, individual, and sex identification via in-solution single nucleotide polymorphism capture from low-quality scat samples. Molecular Ecology Resources. PMID 34779133 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13552  0.225
1984 Ralls K, Kranz K. Walther, F. R., E. C. Mungall, and G. A. Grau. Gazelles and their relatives. A study in territorial behavior. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey, xiii + 239 pp., 1983. Price (cloth), $28.00 Journal of Mammalogy. 65: 175-175. DOI: 10.2307/1381228  0.224
2014 Rick TC, Sillett TS, Ghalambor CK, Hofman CA, Ralls K, Anderson RS, Boser CL, Braje TJ, Cayan DR, Chesser RT, Collins PW, Erlandson JM, Faulkner KR, Fleischer R, Funk WC, et al. Ecological change on California's channel Islands from the pleistocene to the anthropocene Bioscience. 64: 680-692. DOI: 10.1093/Biosci/Biu094  0.224
1990 Ralls K. Conservation for the Twenty-First Century. David Western and Mary C. Pearl, Eds. Oxford University Press, New York, 1989. xxvi, 365 pp., illus. $36.95. Based on a conference, New York, Oct. 1986. Science (New York, N.Y.). 247: 224. PMID 17813290 DOI: 10.1126/Science.247.4939.224  0.222
1994 White PJ, Ralls K, Garrott RA. Coyote - Kit fox interactions as revealed by telemetry Canadian Journal of Zoology. 72: 1831-1836. DOI: 10.1139/Z94-247  0.221
2001 Smith DA, Ralls K, Davenport B, Adams B, Maldonado JE. Canine assistants for conservationists. Science (New York, N.Y.). 291: 435. PMID 11228135 DOI: 10.1126/Science.291.5503.435B  0.219
1982 Ralls K, Lundrigan B, Kranz K. Variability of behavioural data recorded by volunteer observers International Zoo Yearbook. 22: 244-249. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-1090.1982.Tb02042.X  0.217
2000 Ralls K, Taylor BL. Special section: Better policy and management decisions through explicit analysis of uncertainty: New approaches from marine conservation Conservation Biology. 14: 1240-1242. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.2000.99408.X  0.215
1992 Ralls K, Siniff DB, Doroff A, Mercure A. MOVEMENTS OF SEA OTTERS RELOCATED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST Marine Mammal Science. 8: 178-184. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.1992.Tb00380.X  0.215
1985 Ralls K, Kranz K, Lundrigan B. Mother-Young behaviour in ungulates Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 14: 201-203. DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(85)90030-9  0.212
1975 Ralls K. Agonistic behavior in maxwell's duiker, cephalophus maxwelli Mammalia. 39: 241-250. DOI: 10.1515/Mamm.1975.39.2.241  0.212
1969 Ralls K. Ewer, R. F. Ethology of Mammals. Plenum Press, New York, xiv + 418 pp., 12 figs., 8 pls., 1968. Price, $25.00 Journal of Mammalogy. 50: 846-847. DOI: 10.2307/1378281  0.206
1978 Ralls K. The Gerbil in Behavioral Investigations. Mechanisms of Territoriality and Olfactory Communication.Del Thiessen , Pauline Yahr The Quarterly Review of Biology. 53: 79-80. DOI: 10.1086/410418  0.204
1985 Ralls K. Walther, F. R. Communication and Expression in Hoofed Mammals. Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington, xx + 423 pp., 1984. Price (hardbound), $32.50 Journal of Mammalogy. 66: 201-201. DOI: 10.2307/1380988  0.198
1977 Ralls K. Halder, U. Ökologie und verhalten des banteng (Bos javanicus) in Java. Eine feldstudie. Mammalia Depicta. Hamburg and Berlin, Verlag Paul Parey, 124 pp., 210 tables, 86 figs., 1976. Price DM54 (U.S. $23) Journal of Mammalogy. 58: 255-256. DOI: 10.2307/1379597  0.197
1989 Ralls K. Stones of silence: By George B. Schaller. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1988). Pp. xii + 292. Price $14.95 paperback Animal Behaviour. 37: 1059. DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(89)90154-1  0.195
1998 Ralls K, Roe E. A Policy Analyst's Perspective@@@Taking Complexity Seriously: Policy Analysis, Triangulation and Sustainable Development Ecology. 79: 2575. DOI: 10.2307/176852  0.192
1976 Brownell RL, Ralls K. Duplaix-Hall, N. (ed.). International Zoo Yearbook, Volume 14. Zoological Society of London, 456 pp., 1974. Price, $22.00 hardbound and $16.50 paperback Journal of Mammalogy. 57: 612-613. DOI: 10.2307/1379319  0.19
1974 Ralls K. Hendrichs, H. and U. Hendrichs. Dikdik und Elephanten. Ökologie und Soziologie Zweier Afrikanischer Huftiere. R. Piper Verlag, 172 pp., 1971 Journal of Mammalogy. 55: 484-484. DOI: 10.2307/1379029  0.189
1981 Ralls K. Chemical Signals: Vertebrates and Aquatic Invertebrates. Dietland Müller-Schwarze , Robert M. Silverstein The Quarterly Review of Biology. 56: 228-228. DOI: 10.1086/412279  0.182
2019 O'Shea TJ, Brownell RL, Marsh H, Ralls K. Galen B. Rathbun (1944–2019) Marine Mammal Science. 35: 1673-1676. DOI: 10.1111/Mms.12628  0.182
1998 Ralls K. A Policy Analyst’s Perspective Ecology. 79: 2575-2576. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2575:Apasp]2.0.Co;2  0.179
1995 Ralls K. But Is It Science Conservation Biology. 9: 983-984. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1995.9509779.X  0.179
1992 Ralls K. The Imperfect Art of Reintroduction Conservation Biology. 6: 481-482. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.1992.06030477-2.X  0.178
1988 Rathbun GB, Brownell RL, Ralls K, Engbring J. Status of dugongs in waters around Palau Marine Mammal Science. 4: 265-270. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.1988.Tb00206.X  0.173
1997 Good SV, Williams DF, Ralls K, Fleischer RC. Population structure of Dipodomys ingens (Heteromyidae): The role of spatial heterogeneity in maintaining genetic diversity Evolution. 51: 1296-1310.  0.168
1991 Ralls K, Brownell RL. A whale of a new species Nature. 350: 560.  0.143
2015 Larson SE, Ralls K, Ernest H. Sea Otter Conservation Genetics Sea Otter Conservation. 97-120. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801402-8.00005-6  0.141
1996 Brody AJ, Ralls K, Siniff DB. Potential impact of oil spills on California sea otters: Implications of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska Marine Mammal Science. 12: 38-53. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-7692.1996.Tb00304.X  0.101
1993 Mercure A, Ralls K, Koepfli KP, Wayne RK. Genetic subdivisions among small canids: Mitochondrial DNA differentiation of swift, kit, and Arctic foxes Evolution. 47: 1313-1328.  0.081
1988 Ralls KM, Heitman PW, Rose RM. Whatever happened to Nb3Zr? Journal of the Less-Common Metals. 139: 67-77. DOI: 10.1016/0022-5088(88)90330-X  0.062
2009 Mesnick SL, Ralls K. Mating systems Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. 712-719. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00165-6  0.062
2004 Ralls K, Smith DA. Latrine use by san joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and coyotes (Canis latrans) Western North American Naturalist. 64: 544-547.  0.059
1973 Ainsworth JD, Friedlander E, Ralls KJ. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS LONG DISTANCE A. C. TRANSMISSION USING SATURATED REACTORS Iee Conference Publication. 242-247.  0.049
1993 Ralls KS, Ralph DC, Buhrman RA. Impact of a single defect on the conductance: Local interference and universal conductance fluctuations. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter. 47: 10509-10514. PMID 10005163 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.47.10509  0.04
1984 Ralls KS, Skocpol WJ, Jackel LD, Howard RE, Fetter LA, Epworth RW, Tennant DM. Discrete resistance switching in submicrometer silicon inversion layers: Individual interface traps and low-frequency (1f?) noise Physical Review Letters. 52: 228-231. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.228  0.039
1993 Ralph DC, Ralls KS, Buhrman RA. Ensemble studies of nonlinear conductance fluctuations in phase coherent samples. Physical Review Letters. 70: 986-989. PMID 10054255 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.70.986  0.036
1986 Ralls K, Brownell RL. Artist identified. Science (New York, N.Y.). 234: 660. PMID 17744460 DOI: 10.1126/science.234.4777.660-a  0.032
1986 Ralls K, Brownell RL. Artist identified [6] Science. 234: 660.  0.032
1992 Klausmeier-Brown ME, Virshup GF, Bozovic I, Eckstein JN, Ralls KS. Engineering of ultrathin barriers in high TC, trilayer Josephson junctions Applied Physics Letters. 60: 2806-2808. DOI: 10.1063/1.106834  0.032
2009 Ralls K, Mesnick SL. Sexual Dimorphism Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. 1005-1011. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00233-9  0.03
1989 Ralls KS, Ralph DC, Buhrman RA. Individual-defect electromigration in metal nanobridges. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter. 40: 11561-11570. PMID 9991754 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.40.11561  0.028
1989 Ralls KS, Buhrman RA, Tiberio RC. Fabrication of thin-film metal nanobridges Applied Physics Letters. 55: 2459-2461. DOI: 10.1063/1.102001  0.025
1966 Ralls KM. Internal surface superconductivity: The relationship between resistive critical field and bulk upper critical field Physics Letters. 23: 29-31.  0.024
1995 Ralls K. But Is It Science? Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 9: 983-984. PMID 34261249 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.9509779.x  0.024
1965 Ralls KM, Rose RM, Wulff J. Limiting magnetic fields for high-field superconductivity Journal of Applied Physics. 36: 1295-1298. DOI: 10.1063/1.1714298  0.022
1985 Howard RE, Skocpol WJ, Jackel LD, Mankiewich PM, Fetter LA, Tennant DM, Epworth R, Ralls KS. Single Electron Switching Events in Nanometer-Scale Si MOSFET's Ieee Transactions On Electron Devices. 32: 1669-1674. DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1985.22178  0.022
1976 Kopecki DS, Ralls KM, Draper EL. Calculated composition changes of some refractory metals in a fusion reactor environment Nuclear Technology. 29: 98-107.  0.022
1966 Suenaga M, Ralls KM. A method of critical magnetic-field measurement for high-field superconductors in pulsed magnetic fields Journal of Applied Physics. 37: 4197-4200. DOI: 10.1063/1.1708000  0.02
1980 Ralls KM, Rose RM, Wulff J. High-field superconductivity in the Nb-Ti-Zr ternary system Journal of Applied Physics. 51: 3316-3321. DOI: 10.1063/1.328039  0.019
1977 Kopecki DS, Ralls KM, Draper EL. Methods of calculating composition changes in neutron-irradiated materials Annals of Nuclear Energy. 4: 107-114. DOI: 10.1016/0306-4549(77)90007-X  0.017
2008 Brownell RL, Nowacek DP, Ralls K. Hunting cetaceans with sound: A worldwide review Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 10: 81-88.  0.017
1991 Ralls KS, Buhrman RA. Microscopic study of 1/f noise in metal nanobridges. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter. 44: 5800-5817. PMID 9998426 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.44.5800  0.016
1992 Ralls KS. Tunnel-junction noise at low temperatures: Tunneling or local "heating" Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter. 46: 4295-4296. PMID 10004170 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.46.4295  0.011
1967 Ralls K. Auditory sensitivity in mice, Peromyscus and Mus musculus. Animal Behaviour. 15: 123-8. PMID 6031098  0.01
1992 Eckstein JN, Bozovic I, Klausmeier-Brown M, Virshup G, Ralls KS. Atomically layered growth and properties of high temperature superconducting single-crystal films and superlattices Thin Solid Films. 216: 8-13. DOI: 10.1016/0040-6090(92)90860-E  0.01
1988 Ralls KS, Buhrman RA. Defect interactions and noise in metallic nanoconstrictions. Physical Review Letters. 60: 2434-2437. PMID 10038350 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.60.2434  0.01
1987 Ralls KM, Heitman PW, Rose RM. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO Nb//3Zr? Journal of the Less-Common Metals. 139: 67-77.  0.01
1977 Lin LY, Courtney TH, Ralls KM. Deformation induced microstructural instability in the PbSn eutectic Acta Metallurgica. 25: 99-106. DOI: 10.1016/0001-6160(77)90113-4  0.01
1977 Lin LY, Courtney TH, Stark JP, Ralls KM. THERMAL STABILITY OF THE FIBROUS COPPER-CHROMIUM EUTECTIC Metall Trans A. 1359-1364, 1435.  0.01
1976 Lin LY, Courtney TH, Stark JP, Ralls KM. The thermal stability of the fibrous copper-chromium eutectic Metallurgical Transactions A. 7: 1435-1441. DOI: 10.1007/BF02658830  0.01
1972 Hammond RH, Ralls KM, Meyer CH, Snowden DP, Kelly GM, Pereue JH. Superconducting properties of Nb3 (Al, Ge) prepared by vacuum vapor deposition of the elements Journal of Applied Physics. 43: 2407-2413. DOI: 10.1063/1.1661511  0.01
1969 Suenaga M, Ralls KM. Some superconducting properties of Ti-Nb-Ta ternary alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 40: 4457-4463. DOI: 10.1063/1.1657215  0.01
1967 Williams MW, Ralls KM, Pickus MR. Superconductivity of cubic niobium carbo-nitrides Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 28: 333-341.  0.01
1966 Colling DA, Ralls KM, Wulff J. Superconducting transition temperature of solid-solution Ta-Ti alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 37: 4750-4752. DOI: 10.1063/1.1708131  0.01
1966 Ralls KM, Wulff J. The electronic structure of transition metal-interstitial atom alloy superconductors Journal of the Less-Common Metals. 11: 127-134.  0.01
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