C. John Ralph

Treesearch Publications

• Linda L. Long, Frank K. Lake, Jaime L. Stephens, John D. Alexander, C. John Ralph, Jared Wolfe. 2023. Using culturally significant birds to guide the timing of prescribed fires in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion
• C. John Ralph, Carol P. Ralph, Linda L. Long. 2020. Towards the reestablishment of community equilibrium of native and non-native landbird species in reponse to pest control on islands in the Eastern Bay of Islands, New Zealand
• C. John Ralph, Geoffrey R. Geupel. 2019. Point Reyes Bird Observatory to Point Blue Conservation Science: the origins, evolution, and future directions of an innovative, non-profit, science organization
• C. John Ralph, Jared Wolfe. 2018. Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of autumn vagrant New World warblers in northwestern California and southern Oregon
• Sarah M. Rockwell, John D. Alexander, Jaime L. Stephens, Robert I. Frey, C. John Ralph. 2017. Spatial variation in songbird demographic trends from a regional network of banding stations in the Pacific Northwest
• Jared Wolfe, C. John Ralph, Andrew Wiegardt. 2017. Bottom-up processes influence the demography and life-cycle phenology of Hawaiian bird communities
• Andrew Wiegardt, Jared Wolfe, C. John Ralph, Jaime L. Stephens, John Alexander. 2017. Postbreeding elevational movements of western songbirds in Northern California and Southern Oregon
• John D. Alexander, Jaime L. Stephens, Sam Veloz, Leo Salas, Josée S. Rousseau, C. John Ralph, Daniel A. Sarr. 2017. Using regional bird density distribution models to evaluate protected area networks and inform conservation planning
• Jaime L. Stephens, Eric C. Dinger, John D. Alexander, Sean R. Mohren, C. John Ralph, Daniel A. Sarr. 2016. Bird communities and environmental correlates in southern Oregon and northern California, USA
• Jaime L. Stephens, Sarah M. Rockwell, C. John Ralph, John D Alexander. 2015. Decline of the Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) population in the Klamath Basin, Oregon, 2001-2010
• Jared Wolfe, C. John Ralph, P. Elizondo. 2015. Changes in the apparent survival of a tropical bird in response to the El Niño Southern Oscillation in mature and young forest in Costa Rica
• Steven M. Matsuoka, C. Lisa Mahon, Colleen M. Handel, Péter Sólymos, Erin M. Bayne, Patricia C. Fontaine, C. John Ralph. 2014. Reviving common standards in point-count surveys for broad inference across studies
• C. John Ralph, Jared Wolfe. 2014. Bird banding and climate change: can we make a difference?
• Jared Wolfe, Matthew D. Johnson, C. John Ralph, R. Mark Brigham. 2014. Do birds select habitat or food resources? Nearctic-neotropic migrants in northeastern Costa Rica
• C. John Ralph. 2013. Bird monitoring as an aid to riparian restoration: Findings from the Trinity River in northwestern California
• C. John Ralph. 2013. A method for catching large numbers of birds: Audiolures for migrants and their use in banding stations
• Jared Wolfe, Matthew D. Johnson, C. John Ralph. 2013. Greater mass increases annual survival of Prothonotary Warblers wintering in northeastern Costa Rica
• Sherri Miller, Martin G. Raphael, Gary A. Falxa, Craig Strong, Jim Baldwin, Thomas Bloxton, Beth Galleher, Monique Lance, Deanna Lynch, Scott F. Pearson, C. John Ralph, Richard D. Young. 2012. Recent population decline of the Marbled Murrelet in the Pacific Northwest
• C. John Ralph. 2012. A new technique hints at Yellow-billed Cuckoo’s wanderings
• C. John Ralph. 2012. Recovering from recoveries: bird banding soon to be obsolete?
• Pablo Elizondo, C. John Ralph. 2011. North American Banding Council: Experiences on training and certification across the region
• C. John Ralph, Pablo Elizondo. 2011. Integrating LaMNA (Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas) and the Western Hemisphere Bird-Banding Network
• Maria Isabel Moreno, Pablo Elizondo, C. John Ralph. 2011. Proceedings of the fourth WHBBN workshop, Brazil 2010
• Pablo Elizondo, C. John Ralph. 2011. Costa Rica bird banding scheme
• C. John Ralph, Pablo Elizondo, Jared Wolfe. 2011. Out of the mists comes knowledge of little-known endemics, as researchers band together to predict a no-analog future
• C. John Ralph. 2011. The revolution from Observatory to Network … and “where have all the data gone?”
• C. John Ralph, Sherri Miller, Linda L. Long. 2010. Boat survey methodology for oil spill response.
• Trevon L. Fuller, Sassan S. Saatchi, Emily E. Curd, Erin Toffelmier, Henri A. Thomassen, Wolfgang Buermann, David F. DeSante, Mark P. Nott, James F. Saracco, C. John Ralph, John D. Alexander, John P. Pollinger, Thomas B. Smith. 2010. Mapping the risk of avian influenza in wild birds in the US
• C. John Ralph. 2009. Review of "Bird banding in North America: the first hundred years" - Jerome A. Jackson, William E. Davis, Jr., and John Tautin, editors
• Jared Wolfe, Peter Pyle, C. John Ralph. 2009. Breeding seasons, molt patterns, and gender and age criteria for selected northeastern Costa Rican resident landbirds
• Jared Wolfe, C. John Ralph. 2009. Correlations between El Niño Southern Oscillation and changes in Nearctic-Neotropic migrant condition in Central America
• Susan D. Haseltine, Paul R. Schmidt, Bradley D. Bales, David N. Bonter, David F. DeSante, Paul F. Doherty, Charles M. Francis, Paul T. Green, Lesley-Anne Howes, Daniel L. James, J. Jasper Lament, Richard A. Lancia, Ellen I. Paul, C. John Ralph, John G. Rogers, Richard E. Young. 2008. Report of the Federal Advisory Committee on the bird banding laboratory
• Brain L Sullivan, Marshall J. Iliff, Peter L. Ralph, C. John Ralph, Steven T. Kelling. 2007. A lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) in California: a first for the state and fourth for North America
• S. David Tindall, C. John Ralph, M. N. Clout. 2007. Changes in bird abundance following Common Myna control on a New Zealand island
• Martin G. Raphael, Jim Baldwin, Gary A. Falxa, Mark H. Huff, Monique Lance, Sherri Miller, Scott F. Pearson, C. John Ralph, Craig Strong, Chris Thompson. 2007. Regional population monitoring of the marbled murrelet: field and analytical methods.
• John D. Alexander, Nathaniel E. Seavy, C. John Ralph, Bill Hogoboom. 2006. Vegetation and topographical correlates of fire severity from two fires in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Oregon and California
• E.B. Spurr, C. John Ralph. 2006. Development of bird population monitoring in New Zealand: Proceedings of a workshop
• C. John Ralph. 2005. The body grasp technique: a rapid method of removing birds from mist nets
• Charles M. Francis, Jonathan Bart, Erica H. Dunn, Kenneth P. Burnham, C. John Ralph. 2005. Enhancing the value of the breeding bird survey: reply to Sauer et al. (2005)
• David J. T. Hussell, C. John Ralph. 2005. Recommended methods for monitoring change in bird populations by counting and capture of migrants
• C. John Ralph, Terrell D. Rich. 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1 and 2
• Steven C. Latta, C. John Ralph, Geoffrey R. Geupel. 2005. Strategies for the conservation monitoring of resident landbirds and wintering neotropical migrants in the Americas
• Richard L. Hutto, C. John Ralph. 2005. Introduction - regional monitoring programs
• C. John Ralph, Margaret J. Widdowson, Robert I. Frey, Pablo Herrera, Brian O'Donnell. 2005. An overview of a landbird monitoring program at Tortuguero, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
• Nathaniel E. Seavy, Suhel Quader, John D. Alexander, C. John Ralph. 2005. Generalized linear models and point count data: statistical considerations for the design and analysis of monitoring studies
• Jay D. Carlisle, C. John Ralph. 2005. Towards the establishment of landbird migration monitoring networks in the United States
• Jonathan Bart, C. John Ralph. 2005. Suggestions for establishing a network of landbird migration monitoring sites
• Mark H. Huff, Nathaniel E. Seavy, John D. Alexander, C. John Ralph. 2005. Fire and birds in maritime Pacific Northwest
• Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph. 2005. A Watershed-Scale Survey for Stream-Foraging Birds in Northern California
• Jonathan Bart, Kenneth P. Burnham, Erica H. Dunn, Charles M. Francis, C. John Ralph. 2004. Goals and strategies for estimating trends in landbird abundance
• Carolyn B. Meyer, Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph. 2004. Stand-scale habitat associations across a large geographic region of an old-growth specialist, the marbled murrelet
• Howard B. Stauffer, C. John Ralph, Sherri Miller. 2004. Ranking habitat for Marbled Murrelets: New conservation approach for species with uncertain detection
• C. John Ralph, Erica H. Dunn, Will J. Peach, Colleen M. Handel. 2004. Recommendations for the use of mist nets for inventory and monitoring of bird populations
• C. John Ralph, Kimberly Hollinger, Sherri Miller. 2004. Monitoring productivity with multiple mist-net stations
• Jonathan Bart, Sam Droege, Paul Geissler, Bruce Peterjohn, C. John Ralph. 2004. Density estimation in wildlife surveys
• E.H. Dunn, C. John Ralph. 2004. The use of mist nets as a tool for bird population monitoring
• Carolyn B. Meyer, Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph. 2004. Logistic regression accuracy across different spatial and temporal scales for a wide-ranging species, the marbled murrelet
• John D. Alexander, C. John Ralph, Bill Hogoboom, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Stewart Janes. 2004. Understanding effects of fire suppression, fuels treatment, and wildfire on bird communities in the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion
• C. John Ralph, K. Hollinger. 2003. The status of the Willow and Pacific-slope flycatchers in northwestern California and southern Oregon
• Sherri Miller, Carolyn B. Meyer, C. John Ralph. 2002. Land and seascape patterns associated with marbled murrelet abundance offshore
• Howard B. Stauffer, C. John Ralph, Sherri Miller. 2002. Incorporating detection uncertainty into presence-absence surveys for marbled murrelet
• W.H. Sakai, C. John Ralph. 2002. A tabular format of Pyle's ageing and sexing methods for landbirds
• Linda L. Long, C. John Ralph, S. Miller. 2001. A new method for ageing Marbled Murrelets and the effect on productivity estimates
• Linda L. Long, C. John Ralph. 2001. Dynamics of habitat use by shorebirds in estuarine and agricultural habitats in northwestern California
• Sherri Miller, C.B. Meyer, C. John Ralph. 2000. Landscape and seascape patterns associated with marbled murrelet offshore abundance. (Abstract)
• C. John Ralph. 2000. The 10 biggest challenges in bird inventory and monitoring
• W.D. Beauchamp, F. Cooke, C. Lougheed, L.W. Lougheed, C. John Ralph, S. Courtney. 1999. Seasonal movements of marbled murrelets: evidence from banded birds
• John E. Hunter, Kristin N. Schmidt, Howard B. Stauffer, Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph, Lynn Roberts. 1998. Status of the Marbled Murrelet in the inner north coast ranges of California
• C. John Ralph, S.G. Fancy, T.D. Male. 1998. Demography of an introduced red-billed Leiothrix population in Hawaii
• Steven G. Fancy, C. John Ralph. 1998. 'I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea)
• T.D. Male, S.G. Fancy, C. John Ralph. 1998. Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
• Steven G. Fancy, C. John Ralph. 1997. Apapane (Himatione sanguinea)
• Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph. 1996. Relationship of marbled murrelets with habitat characteristics in redwood forest in northwestern California. [Yurok]
• C. John Ralph, Geoffrey R. Geupel, Peter Pyle, Thomas E. Martin, David F DeSante, Borja Milá. 1996. Manual de métodos de campo para el monitoreo de aves terrestres
• C. John Ralph, S.G. Fancy. 1996. Aspects of the life history and foraging of the endangered Akiapolaau
• C. John Ralph, H.F. Sakai, K. Hollinger. 1996. Monitoring populations and demography of landbirds in riparian corridors of the coastal redwood zone
• Thomas E. Hamer, Brian A. Cooper, C. John Ralph. 1995. Use of radar to study the movements of Marbled Murrelets at inland sites
• C. John Ralph, Sam Droege, John R. Sauer. 1995. Managing and Monitoring Birds Using Point Counts: Standards and Applications
• C. John Ralph, John R. Sauer, Sam Droege. 1995. Monitoring bird populations by point counts
• C. John Ralph, Jr. Hunt, Martin G. Raphael, John F. Piatt. 1995. Chapter 1: Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet in North America: An Overview
• C. John Ralph, Linda L. Long. 1995. Chapter 35: Productivity of marbled murrelets in California from observations of young at sea
• Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph. 1995. Chapter 20: Relationship of Marbled Murrelets with Habitat Characteristics at Inland Sites in California
• Gary Strachan, Michael McAllister, C. John Ralph. 1995. Chapter 23: Marbled Murrelet At-Sea and Foraging Behavior
• C. John Ralph. 1995. Chapter 13: Interannual Differences in Detections of Marbled Murrelets in Some Inland California Stands
• C. John Ralph, Sherri Miller. 1995. Chapter 33: Offshore Population Estimates of Marbled Murrelets in California
• Brian P. O’Donnell, Nancy L. Naslund, C. John Ralph. 1995. Chapter 11: Patterns of Seasonal Variation of Activity of Marbled Murrelets in Forested Stands
• C. John Ralph, S.G. Fancy. 1995. Demography and movements of Apapane and Iiwi in Hawaii
• C. John Ralph, George L. Hunt, Martin G. Raphael, John F. Piatt. 1995. Ecology and conservation of the Marbled Murrelet
• Sherri Miller, C. John Ralph. 1994. The relationship of marbled murrelet activity levels and behaviors with habitat characteristics of forest stands in California. (Abstract). [Yurok]
• C. John Ralph. 1994. Evidence of changes in populations of the Marbled Murrelet in the Pacific Northwest
• C. John Ralph, Steven G. Fancy. 1994. Demography and movements of the endangered Akepa and Hawaii Creeper
• C. John Ralph, S.G. Fancy. 1994. Timing of breeding and molting in six species of Hawaiian honeycreepers
• C. John Ralph, S.G. Fancy. 1994. Demography and movements of the Omao (Myadestes obscurus)
• C. John Ralph. 1993. Designing and implementing a monitoring program and the standards for conducting point counts
• Gregory S. Butcher, Bruce Peterjohn, C. John Ralph. 1993. Overview of national bird population monitoring programs and databases
• C. John Ralph, G.R. Geupel, P. Pyle, T.E. Martin, D.F. DeSante. 1993. Handbook of field methods for monitoring landbirds
• P.W.C. Paton, C. John Ralph, R.A. Erickson. 1992. Use of an inland site in northwestern California by marbled murrelets
• P.W.C. Paton, C. John Ralph, J. Seay. 1992. A mist net design for capturing marbled murrelets
• C. John Ralph, S.K. Nelson, [Compilers]. 1992. Methods for surveying marbled murrelets at inland forested sites
• C. John Ralph. 1991. Population dynamics of land bird populations on Oahu, Hawaii: fifty years of introductions and competition
• S.W. Singer, N.L. Naslund, S.A. Singer, C. John Ralph. 1991. Discovery and observations of two tree nests of the marbled murrelet
• C. John Ralph, P.W.C. Paton, C.A. Taylor. 1991. Habitat association patterns of breeding birds and small mammals in Douglas-fir/hardwood stands in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon
• C. John Ralph, Peter W. C. Paton, Aivars Zakis, Gary Strachan. 1990. Breeding distribution of the marbled murrelet in Redwood National Park and vicinity during 1988
• Peter W.C. Paton, C. John Ralph, Harry R. Carter, S. Kim Nelson. 1990. Surveying marbled murrelets at inland forested sites: a guide
• P.W.C. Paton, C. John Ralph. 1990. Distribution of the marbled murrelet at inland sites in California. [Yurok]
• Ned K. Johnson, Jill A. Marten, C. John Ralph. 1989. Genetic evidence for the origin and relationships of Hawaiian honeycreepers (Aves: Fringillidae)
• Cathy A. Taylor, C. John Ralph, Arlene T. Doyle. 1988. Differences in the ability of vegetation models to predict small mammal abundance in different aged Douglas-fir forests
• J. Michael Scott, C. John Ralph. 1988. In my experience: quality control of symposia and their published proceedings
• C. John Ralph, Barry R. Noon. 1986. Foraging interactions of small Hawaiian forest birds
• J.F. Franklin, F. Hall, W. Laudenslayer, C. Maser, J. Nunan, J. Poppino, C. John Ralph, T. Spies. 1986. Interim definitions for old growth Douglas-fir and mixed-conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest and California.
• Carol Pearson Ralph, Stephanie E. Nagata, C. John Ralph. 1985. Analysis of droppings to describe diets of small birds
• C. John Ralph. 1985. Habitat association patterns of forest and steppe birds of northern Patagonia, Argentina
• C. John Ralph, Bruce D. Maxwell. 1984. Relative effects of human and feral hog disturbance on a wet forest in Hawaii
• Doris J. Watt, C. John Ralph, Carter T. Atkinson. 1984. The role of plumage polymorphism in dominance relationshipt of the white-throated sparrow
• Sheila Conant, Mark S. Collins, C. John Ralph. 1981. Effects of observers using different methods upon the total population estimates of two resident island birds
• C. John Ralph. 1981. Age ratios and their possible use in determining autumn routes of passerine migrants
• C. John Ralph. 1981. An investigation of the effect of seasonal activity levels on avian censusing
• C. John Ralph. 1981. Terminology used in estimating number of birds
• J. Michael Scott, C. John Ralph. 1981. Introduction
• Carter T. Atkinson, C. John Ralph. 1980. Acquisition of plumage polymorphism in white-throated sparrows
• C. John Ralph, L. Richard Mewaldt. 1976. Homing success in wintering sparrows
• C. John Ralph. 1976. Standardization of mist net captures for quantification of avian migration
• Henry C. Robert, C. John Ralph. 1975. Effects of human disturbance on the breeding success of gulls
• C. John Ralph, L. Richard Mewaldt. 1975. Timing of site fixation upon the wintering grounds in sparrows
• C. John Ralph. 1971. An age differential of migrants in coastal California
• C. John Ralph, Carol A. Pearson. 1971. Correlation of age, size of territory, plumage, and breeding success in White-crowned sparrows
• C. John Ralph, C. John Ralph. 1958. Notes on the nesting of egrets near San Rafael, California

• The Johns Hopkins University, Sc.D.
• San Jose State University, M.S.
• University of California, B.S.