| Estimates of lethal equivalents and the cost of inbreeding in mammals K Ralls, JD Ballou, A Templeton Conservation biology 2 (2), 185-193, 1988 | 1072 | 1988 |
| Predicting the probability of outbreeding depression R Frankham, JD Ballou, MDB Eldridge, RC Lacy, K Ralls, MR Dudash, ... Conservation Biology 25 (3), 465-475, 2011 | 955 | 2011 |
| Mammals in which females are larger than males K Ralls The Quarterly Review of Biology 51 (2), 245-276, 1976 | 874 | 1976 |
| Mammalian Scent Marking: Mammals mark when dominant to and intolerant of others, not just when they possess a territory. K Ralls Science 171 (3970), 443-449, 1971 | 764 | 1971 |
| Sexual dimorphism in mammals: avian models and unanswered questions K Ralls The American Naturalist 111 (981), 917-938, 1977 | 688 | 1977 |
| Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates K Ralls, K Brugger Science 206 (110), 1-1103, 0 | 539* | |
| The role of top carnivores in regulating terrestrial ecosystems J Terborgh, JA Estes, P Paquet, K Ralls, D Boyd-Heger, BJ Miller, ... Continental conservation: scientific foundations of regional reserve …, 1999 | 475 | 1999 |
| Genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations R Frankham, JD Ballou, K Ralls, M Eldridge, MR Dudash, CB Fenster, ... Oxford University Press, 2017 | 474 | 2017 |
| Call for a paradigm shift in the genetic management of fragmented populations K Ralls, JD Ballou, MR Dudash, MDB Eldridge, CB Fenster, RC Lacy, ... Conservation Letters 11 (2), e12412, 2018 | 413 | 2018 |
| Using stable isotopes to investigate individual diet specialization in California sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) SD Newsome, MT Tinker, DH Monson, OT Oftedal, K Ralls, MM Staedler, ... Ecology 90 (4), 961-974, 2009 | 380 | 2009 |
| Inbreeding leads to extinction R Frankham, K Ralls Nature 392 (6675), 441-442, 1998 | 370 | 1998 |
| Elephant seal genetic variation and the use of simulation models to investigate historical population bottlenecks AR Hoelzel, J Halley, SJ O'Brien, C Campagna, T Arnborm, B Le Boeuf, ... Journal of Heredity 84 (6), 443-449, 1993 | 361 | 1993 |
| Implications of different species concepts for conserving biodiversity R Frankham, JD Ballou, MR Dudash, MDB Eldridge, CB Fenster, RC Lacy, ... Biological Conservation 153, 25-31, 2012 | 342 | 2012 |
| Extinction: lessons from zoos. K Ralls Genetics and conservation: a reference for managing wild animal and plant …, 1983 | 312 | 1983 |
| Inbreeding in naturak populations of birds and mammals K Ralls Conservation biology: the science of scarcity and diversity, 35-56, 1986 | 282 | 1986 |
| Detection and accuracy rates of dogs trained to find scats of San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) DA Smith, K Ralls, A Hurt, B Adams, M Parker, B Davenport, MC Smith, ... Animal Conservation Forum 6 (4), 339-346, 2003 | 245 | 2003 |
| Predation on San Joaquin kit foxes by larger canids K Ralls, PJ White Journal of Mammalogy 76 (3), 723-729, 1995 | 240 | 1995 |
| Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina K Ralls, P Fiorelli, S Gish Canadian Journal of Zoology 63 (5), 1050-1056, 1985 | 238 | 1985 |
| US Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2014. US Department of Commerce JV Carretta, EM Oleson, DW Weller, AR Lang, KA Forney, J Baker, ... NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC 549, 414, 2015 | 222* | 2015 |
| Geographic variation in size and sexual dimorphism of North American weasels K Ralls, PH Harvey Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 25 (2), 119-167, 1985 | 221 | 1985 |
