National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
MRC 551
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Recent Publications
Estes, J. A., B. B. Hatfield, K. Ralls, and J. Ames. 2003. Causes of mortality in California sea otters during periods of population growth and decline. Marine Mammal Science 19: 198-216.
Ralls, K. and P. J. White. 2003. Diurnal spacing patterns in kit foxes, a monogamous canid. Southwestern Naturalist 48:432-436.
Smith, D. A., K. Ralls, A. Hurt, B. Adams, M. Parker, B. Davenport, M. Smith, and J. E. Maldonado. 2003. Detection and accuracy rates of dogs trained to find scats of San Joaquin kit foxes. Animal Conservation 6:339-346.
Haight, R. G., B. Cypher, P. A. Kelly, S. Phillips, K. Ralls, and H. P. Possingham. 2004. Optimizing reserve expansion for disjunct populations of San Joaquin kit fox. Biological Conservation 117:61-72.
Ralls, K. and J. Ballou. 2004. Genetic status and management of the California condors. The Condor 106: 215-228.
Moehrenschlager, A., B. Cypher, K. Ralls, R. List, and M. Sovada. 2004. Comparative ecology and conservation priorities of swift and kit foxes. Pp. 185-198 in D. W. Macdonald and C. Sillero-Zubiri, eds. Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Ralls, K. and D. A. Smith. 2004. Latrine use by San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and coyotes (Canis latrans). Western North American Naturalist 64: 544-547.
Ortega, J., M. del Rosario Franco, B. A. Adams, K. Ralls, and J. E. Maldonado. 2004. A reliable, noninvasive method for sex determination in the endangered San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and other canids. Conservation Genetics 5:715-718.
Murdoch, J., K. Ralls, and B. Cypher. 2004. Two observations of tree climbing by San Joaquin kit fox. Southwestern Naturalist 49:522-523.
Schwartz, M., K. Ralls, D. Williams, B. L. Cypher, K. L. Pilgrim, and R. C. Fleischer. 2005. Gene flow among San Joaquin kit fox populations in a severely changed ecosystem. Conservation Genetics 8:1-13.
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