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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