| Estimates of lethal equivalents and the cost of inbreeding in mammals K Ralls, JD Ballou, A Templeton Conservation biology 2 (2), 185-193, 1988 | 928 | 1988 |
| Mammals in which females are larger than males K Ralls The Quarterly Review of Biology 51 (2), 245-276, 1976 | 738 | 1976 |
| US Pacific marine mammal stock assessments, 2010 JV Carretta, KA Forney, MS Lowry, J Barlow, JD Baker, D Johnston, ... | 736* | 2011 |
| Mammalian scent marking K Ralls Science 171 (3970), 443-449, 1971 | 672 | 1971 |
| 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 | 608 | 2011 |
| Sexual dimorphism in mammals: avian models and unanswered questions K Ralls The American Naturalist 111 (981), 917-938, 1977 | 606 | 1977 |
| Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates K Ralls, K Brugger Science 206 (110), 1-1103, 0 | 492* | |
| The role of top carnivores in regulating terrestrial ecosystems J Terborgh, JA Estes, P Paquet, K Ralls, D Boyd-Herger, BJ Miller, ... | 403 | 1999 |
| Inbreeding leads to extinction R Frankham, K Ralls Nature 392 (6675), 441-442, 1998 | 330 | 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 | 315 | 1993 |
| 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 | 301 | 2009 |
| Extinction: lessons from zoos. K Ralls Genetics and conservation: a reference for managing wild animal and plant …, 1983 | 280 | 1983 |
| Inbreeding in naturak populations of birds and mammals K Ralls Conservation biology: the science of scarcity and diversity, 35-56, 1986 | 259 | 1986 |
| 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 | 243 | 2012 |
| Predation on San Joaquin kit foxes by larger canids K Ralls, PJ White Journal of Mammalogy 76 (3), 723-729, 1995 | 217 | 1995 |
| 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 6 (4), 339-346, 2003 | 205 | 2003 |
| 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 | 205 | 1985 |
| Effects of inbreeding on infant mortality in captive primates K Rails, J Ballou International journal of primatology 3 (4), 491, 1982 | 196 | 1982 |
| Genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations R Frankham, JD Ballou, K Ralls, MDB Eldridge, MR Dudash, CB Fenster, ... Oxford University Press, 2017 | 195 | 2017 |
| A noninvasive method for distinguishing among canid species: amplification and enzyme restriction of DNA from dung E Paxinos, C McIntosh, K Ralls, R Fleischer Molecular ecology 6 (5), 483-486, 1997 | 180 | 1997 |
