Scientific Review, Advising, Expert Testimony, and Research
Scientific Review, Advising, Expert Testimony, and Research Scientific Review, Advising, Expert Testimony, and Research
Selected Publications (Copies available upon request)
Scientific Publications
Ramey, R.R., J.M. Diamond, D.J. Cerasale (2021) Density and subsurface burrowing of a desert-dwelling land snail, Helminthoglyptagreggi,in the western Mohave Desert. Western North American Naturalist 81(2):257–263. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol81/iss2/9/
Ramey, R.R., J.L. Thorley, A.S. Ivey (2018) Local and population-level responses of Greater sage-grouse to oil and gas development and climatic variation in Wyoming. PeerJ 6:e5417; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5417
Ramey, R.R., J.L. Thorley, A.S. Ivey (2015) Recent greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population dynamics in Wyoming are primarily driven by climate, not oil and gas development. Preprint available at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/028274v1.full
Ramey, R.R. (2012) On the Origin of Specious Species. In: Institutions and Incentives in Regulatory Science. J. Johnston (ed.), Lexington Books.
Miller, B.J, B.F.J. Manly, D. Murphy, D. Fullerton, and R.R. Ramey (2012) An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Decline of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary. Reviews in Fisheries Science 20(1):1-19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10641262.2011.634930
Wehausen, J.D., S.T. Kelley, and R.R. Ramey (2011) A review of experimental evidence concerning respiratory disease transmission between domestic sheep and bighorn sheep. California Fish and Game 97(1):7-24. https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=46511
Ley, R.E. M. Hamady, C. Lozupone, P. Turnbaugh, R.R. Ramey, S. Bircher, M.L. Schlegel, T.A. Tucker, M.D. Schrenzel, R. Knight, and J.I. Gordon (2008) Evolution of mammals and their gut microbes. Science 320:1647-1651. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18497261/
Timm, R.M., R.R. Ramey, and the Nomenclature Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists (2005) What constitutes a proper description? Science 309:2163-2164. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16195444/
Ramey, R.R., H.P. Liu, C.W. Epps, L. Carpenter, and J.D. Wehausen (2005) Genetic relatedness of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) to nearby subspecies of Z. hudsonius as inferred from variation in cranial morphology, mitochondrial DNA, and microsatellite DNA: implications for taxonomy and conservation. Animal Conservation 8:329-346. https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S1367943005002313
Ramey, R.R., T. Tserenbataa, S. Amgalanbaatar, and Z. Namshir (2004) A new method of argali (Ovis ammon) capture using horsemen and drive nets. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 2(1):19-21. https://www.biotaxa.org/mjbs/article/view/26792
Ramey, R.R., W.M. Boyce, B. Farrell, and S. Kelley (2000) Phylogeny and host specificity of psoroptic mange mites as indicated by ITS sequence data. Journal of Medical Entomology 37(6):791-796. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11126531/
Ramey, R.R. (2000) New perspectives on the evolutionary origins, historic phylogeography, and population structure of North American mountain sheep. In Thomas, A.E, and H.L Thomas (eds.). Transactions of the 2nd North American Wild Sheep Conference. April 6-9, 1999, Reno, NV 470pp. http://media.nwsgc.org/proceedings/NWSGC-1999/1999-Ramey.pdf
Ramey, R.R. and K. Gottleib (1998) Keep your DNA dry and in the dark: Considerations on the preservation of DNA forensic evidence. Forum Conveniens 9(1):7.
Young, B., S. Johnson, M. Bahktiara, D. Shugarts, R.K. Young, M. Allen, R.R. Ramey, and D. Kuritzkes. (1998) Resistance mutations in protease and reverse transcriptase genes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates from patients with combination antiretroviral therapy failure. Journal of Infectious Diseases 178:1497-1501. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9780274/
Boyce, W.M., P.W. Hedrick, N.E. Muggli-Cockett, C.T. Pendo, and R.R. Ramey (1997) Comparative analysis of intra and interpopulation genetic variation in mountain sheep at major histocompatibility complex and microsatellite loci. Genetics145:421-433. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1207806/
Ramey, R.R. (1995) Mitochondrial DNA variation, population structure and evolution of mountain sheep in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Molecular Ecology 4:429-439. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8574442/
Ramey, R.R. (2011) Species nomenclature, classification and problems of application. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Evolution. Gale. Farmington Hills, MI.
Congressional Testimony
April, 8 2014, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Resources. Hearing on: H.R. 4315, (Hastings), “21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act,” H.R. 4316, (Lummis), “Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act,” H.R. 4317, (Neugebauer), “State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act,” and H.R. 4318, (Huizenga), “Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act.”
July 3, 2012, California State Legislature, Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife. Provided oral and written testimony on scientific issues concerning supposed human disturbance of bighorn sheep, relevant to Assembly Bill AB880. (AB880 was subsequently passed and signed into law by Governor Brown).
July 31, 2007, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Resources. Legislative Hearing on: "Crisis of Confidence: The Political Influence of the Bush Administration on Agency Science and Decision-Making"
April 28, 2004, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Resources. Legislative Hearing on: “H.R. 2933, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to reform the process for designating critical habitat under that Act.” (Provided oral and written testimony.) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-108hhrg93346/html/CHRG-108hhrg93346.htm