Department of Zoological Research
National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Email: ralls@thegrid.net

Project:             Population Dynamics and Biology of the California Sea Otter at the Southern End of its Range

 

Education:          B.A.                     Biology, Stanford University                                                                                    1960

                             M.S.                     Biology, Radcliffe College                                                                                       1962

                             Ph.D.                   Biology, Harvard University                                                                                   1965

 

Positions:          1998-Present        Senior Research Biologist, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

               1976-1998            Research Biologist, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Selected Publications:

Haight, R.G., Cypher, B., Kelly, P.A., Phillips, S., Possingham, H.P., Ralls, K., Starfield, A.M., White, P.J., and D. Williams. 2002. Optimizing habitat protection using demographic models of population viability. Conserv Biol 16(5): 1386-1397.

Ralls, K., Pilgrim, K.L., White, P.J., Paxinos, E.E., Schwartz, M.K., and R.C. Fleischer. 2001. Kinship social relationships, and den sharing in kit foxes. J Mammal 82(3): 858-866.

Smith, D.A., Ralls, K., Davenport, B., Adams, B., and J.E. Maldonado. 2001. Canine assistants for conservationists. Science 291(5503): 435-435.

Haight, R.G., Ralls, K., and A.M. Starfield. 2000. Designing species translocation strategies when population growth and future funding are uncertain. Conserv Biol 14(5): 1298-1307.

Ralls, K. and B.L. Taylor. 2000. Better policy and management decisions through explicit analysis of uncertainty: New approaches from marine conservation - Introduction. Conserv Biol 14(5): 1240-1242.

Ralls, K., Ballou, J.D., Rideout, B.A., and R. Frankham. 2000. Genetic management of chondrodystrophy in California condors. Anim Conserv 3: 145-153 Part 2.

White, P.J., Ralls, K., and D.B. Siniff. 2000. Nocturnal encounters between kit foxes. J Mammal 81(2): 456-461.

Frankham, R. and K. Ralls. 1998. Conservation biology - Inbreeding leads to extinction. Nature 392(6675): 441-442.

Good, S.V., Williams, D.F., Ralls, K., and R.C. Fleischer. 1997. Population structure of Dipodomys ingens (Heteromyidae): The role of spatial heterogeneity in maintaining genetic diversity. Evolution 51(4): 1296-1310.

Paxinos, E., McIntosh, C., Ralls, K., and R. Fleischer. 1997. A noninvasive method for distinguishing among canid species: Amplification and enzyme restriction of DNA from dung. Mol Ecol 6(5): 483-486.

Ralls, K. and L.L. Eberhardt. 1997. Assessment of abundance of San Joaquin kit foxes by spotlight surveys. J Mammal 78(1): 65-73.

Brody, A.J., Ralls, K., and D.B. Siniff. 1996. Potential impact of oil spills on California sea otters: Implications of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. Mar Mammal Sci 12(1): 38-53.

Ralls, K., Demaster, D.P., and J.A. Estes. 1996. Developing a criterion for delisting the southern sea otter under the US endangered species act. Conserv Biol 10(6): 1528-1537.

Ralls, K., Eagle, T.C., and D.B. Siniff. 1996. Movement and spatial use patterns of California sea otters. Can J Zool 74(10): 1841-1849.

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