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Lacy,
R.C., C.B. Lynch and G.R. Lynch. 1978. Developmental and adult acclimation effects of
ambient temperature on temperature regulation of mice selected for high and low
levels of nest-building. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 123:185-192. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1978.
Dynamics of t-alleles in Mus musculus
populations: Review and speculation. The Biologist 60:41-67. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1979.
The adaptiveness of a rare male
mating advantage under heterosis. Behavior Genetics 9:51-54. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and C.B. Lynch.
1979. Quantitative genetic analysis of temperature regulation in Mus musculus. I. Partitioning of variance. Genetics
91:743-753. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1980.
The evolution of eusociality in termites: A haplodiploid analogy? American Naturalist 116:449-451. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1981.
Taxonomic and distributional notes on some fungus-feeding
North American Drosophila (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Entomological News 92:59-63. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1982.
Niche breadth and abundance as determinants of genetic variation in populations
of mycophagous drosophilid
flies (Diptera:Drosophilidae).
Evolution 36:1265-1275. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1983.
Structure of genetic variation within and between populations
of mycophagous Drosophila. Genetics
104:81-94. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and P.W. Sherman.
1983. Kin recognition by phenotype matching. American Naturalist 121:489-512. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1984.
Ecological and genetic responses to mycophagy
in Drosophilidae (Diptera).
Pages 286-301 in Q. Wheeler and M. Blackwell (eds.),
Fungus/Insect Relationships: Perspectives in Ecology and Evolution.
Columbia University Press, New York. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1984.
Predictability, toxicity, and trophic
niche breadth in fungus-feeding Drosophilidae (Diptera). Ecological Entomology 9:43-54. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1984.
The evolution of termite eusociality: Reply to Leinaas. American Naturalist 123:876-878. (Download)
Hayssen, V. and R.C. Lacy. 1985. Basal metabolic rates
in mammals: Taxonomic differences in the allometry of
BMR and body mass. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 81A:741-754. (Download)
Hayssen, V., R.C. Lacy and P.J.
Parker.
1985. Metatherian reproduction: Transitional or
transcending? American Naturalist 126:617-632. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1985.
Evidence that group selection counters the evolution of
sexual dimorphism. Evolutionary Theory 7:173-177. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1985.
Some genetic considerations for the management of captive
populations suggested by computer simulations. AAZPA 1985 Annual
Proceedings, 627-630.
Lacy,
R.C. and C.E. Bock.
1986. The correlation of range size and local abundance of some North American
birds. Ecology 67:258-260. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1987.
Loss of genetic diversity from managed populations: Interacting effects of
drift, mutation, immigration, selection, and population subdivision.
Conservation Biology 1:143-158. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1987.
Further genetic and demographic analyses of small rhino
populations. Pachyderm (Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino
Specialist Group) No. 9, pp. 16-19.
Lacy,
R.C. 1988.
A report on population genetics in conservation.
Conservation Biology 2:245-247. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1988.
Genetic variability in captive stocks: Assessing past loss, present status, and
future outlook. AAZPA 1988 Annual Proceedings 113-121. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., M.L. Foster, and the Primate Department Staff. 1988. Determination of
pedigrees and taxa of primates by protein
electrophoresis. International Zoo Yearbook 27:159-168. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and T.W. Clark.
1989. Genetic variability in black-footed ferret populations: Past, present,
and future. Pages 83-103 in U.S. Seal, E.T. Thorne, M.A. Bogan, and S.H. Anderson (eds.), Conservation Biology and
the Black-Footed Ferret. Yale University Press, New Haven. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1989.
Analysis of founder representation in pedigrees: Founder equivalents and
founder genome equivalents. Zoo Biology 8:111-124. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C, Flesness, N.R., and Seal, U.S. 1989. Puerto Rican parrot population viability
analysis. Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley,
Minnesota. (Download)
Seal,
U.S. and R.C. Lacy.
1989. Florida panther population viability analysis. Report to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding Specialist
Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Download)
Paine,
F.L., J.D. Miller, G. Crawshaw, B. Johnson, R. Lacy,
C.F. Smith III, and P.J. Tolson. 1990. Status of the Puerto
Rican crested toad. International Zoo Yearbook 28:53-58. (Download)
Maguire,
L.A. and R.C. Lacy.
1990. Allocating scarce resources for conservation of endangered subspecies:
Partitioning zoo space for tigers. Conservation Biology 4:157-166. (Download)
Brewer,
B.A., R.C. Lacy, M.L. Foster, and G. Alaks. 1990. Inbreeding depression in
insular and central populations of Peromyscus mice. Journal of Heredity
81:257-266. (Download)
Maguire,
L.A., R.C. Lacy, R.J. Begg, and T.W. Clark. 1990. An analysis of
alternative strategies for recovering the eastern barred bandicoot in Victoria.
Pages 147-164 in T.W. Clark and J.H. Seebeck
(eds.), The Management and Conservation of Small Populations. Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and T.W. Clark.
1990. Population viability assessment of the eastern barred bandicoot in
Victoria. Pages 131-146 in T.W. Clark and J.H. Seebeck (eds.), The Management and Conservation of Small
Populations. Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield,
Illinois. (Download)
George,
G.G., J. Dixon, G. Challis, and R.C. Lacy. 1990. Taxonomy and palaeontology
of the eastern barred bandicoot. Pages 33-46 in T.W. Clark
and J.H. Seebeck (eds.), The Management and
Conservation of Small Populations. Chicago Zoological
Society, Brookfield, Illinois. (Download)
Seal,
U.S. and R.C. Lacy.
1990. Florida Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium)
population viability assessment. Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley,
Minnesota. (Order form)
Lindenmayer, D.B., V.C. Thomas, R.C.
Lacy, and T.W. Clark.
1991. Population Viability Analysis (PVA): The concept and its applications,
with a case study of Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
McCoy. Report to the Forest and Timber Inquiry (Resource Assessment
Commission), Consultancy Series No. FTC91/18, Canberra, Australia.
170 pp.
Clark,
T.W., G.N. Backhouse, and R.C. Lacy. 1991. The population viability assessment workshop: A tool
for threatened species management. Endangered Species Update 8:1-5.
Clark,
T.W., G.N. Backhouse, and R.C. Lacy. 1991. Report of a workshop on population viability
assessment as a tool for threatened species management and conservation.
Australian Zoologist 27:28-35. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1991.
Zoos and the surplus problem: An alternative solution. Zoo Biology 10:293-297. (Download)
Johnston,
L.A. and R.C. Lacy.
1991. Utilization of sperm banks to maintain genetic diversity in captive
populations of wild cattle. Pages 107-118 in D.L. Armstrong
and T.S. Groves (eds.), Wild Cattle Symposium Proceedings. Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska.
Seal,
U.S., R.C. Lacy, K. Medley, R. Seal, and T.J. Foose.
1991. Tana River Primate Reserve Conservation
Assessment Workshop Report. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding
Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Order form)
Mirande,
C., R. Lacy, and U. Seal. 1991. Whooping crane (Grus
americana) conservation
viability assessment workshop report. IUCN SSC Captive
Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Order form)
Foose, T.J., R.C. Lacy, R. Brett,
and U.S. Seal.
1991. Kenya black rhinoceros metapopulation workshop
report. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding Specialist Group, Apple
Valley, Minnesota. (Order
form)
Lacy,
R.C. 1992.
The effects of inbreeding on isolated populations: Are minimum viable
population sizes predictable? Pages 277-296 in P.L. Fiedler and
S.K. Jain (eds.), Conservation Biology: The Theory and Practice of Nature
Conservation, Preservation and Management. Chapman and Hall, New York. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and T. Kreeger. 1992. VORTEX Users Manual. A stochastic simulation of the extinction process. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley,
Minnesota. (Download more
recent version)
Seal,
U.S., R.C. Lacy, et al. 1992. Genetic management strategies
and population viability of the Florida panther (Felis
concolor coryi).
Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. IUCN SSC
Captive Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Order form)
Ellis,
S., K. Hughes, C. Kuehler, R. Lacy, and U. Seal.
1992. `Alala, Akohekohe,
and Palila Population and Habitat Viability
Assessment Reports. IUCN SSC Captive Breeding Specialist
Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Order form)
Ellis,
S., C. Kuehler, R. Lacy, K. Hughes, and U. Seal.
1992. Hawai`ian forest birds
conservation assessment and management plan. IUCN SSC Captive
Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Order form)
Lacy,
R.C. 1993.
Impacts of inbreeding in natural and captive populations of vertebrates:
Implications for conservation. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 36:480-496.
(Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1993.
VORTEX: A computer simulation model for Population Viability Analysis. Wildlife
Research 20:45-65. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and T.W. Clark.
1993. Simulation modeling of American marten populations: Vulnerability to
extinction. Great Basin Naturalist 53:282-292. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., A.M. Petric, and M. Warneke. 1993. Inbreeding and outbreeding depression in captive populations of wild
species. Pages 352-374 in N.W. Thornhill
(ed.), The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding.
University of Chicago Press. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B., R.C. Lacy, V.C.
Thomas, and T.W. Clark.
1993. Predictions of the impacts of changes in population size and
environmental variability on Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
McCoy (Marsupialia: Petauridae)
using Population Viability Analysis: an application of the computer program
VORTEX. Wildlife Research 20:67-86. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B., T.W. Clark, R.C.
Lacy, and V.C. Thomas.
1993. Population viability analysis as a tool in wildlife conservation policy:
With reference to Australia. Environmental Management 17:745-758. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B. and R.C. Lacy. 1993. Using a computer simulation
package for PVA to model the dynamics of sub-divided populations: An example
using hypothetical meta-populations of the mountain brushtail
possum. International Congress on Modelling
and Simulation. Proceedings. 2:615-620. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1993/1994.
What is Population (and Habitat) Viability Analysis? Primate Conservation
14/15:27-33. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1994.
Review of Hartl, G.B. and Markowski,
J. (eds.) Ecological genetics in mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 75:1090-1093.
Jimenez,
J.A., K.A. Hughes, G. Alaks, L. Graham, and R.C. Lacy. 1994. An experimental study
of inbreeding depression in a natural habitat. Science 266:271-273. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1994.
Managing genetic diversity in captive populations of animals.
Pages 63-89 in M.L. Bowles and C.J. Whelan (eds.),
Restoration and Recovery of Endangered Plants and Animals. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1995.
A sibling is as valuable as an offspring: Reply to Xia. American Naturalist
145:480-482. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B. and R.C. Lacy. 1995. Metapopulation
viability of Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus
leadbeateri, in fragmented old-growth forests.
Ecological Applications 5:164-182. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B. and R.C. Lacy. 1995. Metapopulation
viability of arboreal marsupials in fragmented old-growth forests: comparison
among species. Ecological Applications 5:183-199. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., J.D. Ballou, F. Princee, A. Starfield, and E.
Thompson.
1995. Pedigree analysis. Pages 57-75 in J.D. Ballou, M.
Gilpin, and T.J. Foose (eds.), Population Management
for Survival & Recovery. Analytical Methods and
Strategies in Small Population Conservation. Columbia University Press,
New York. (Download)
Ballou,
J.D. and R.C. Lacy.
1995. Identifying genetically important individuals for management of genetic
diversity in pedigreed populations. Pages 76-111 in J.D.
Ballou, M. Gilpin, and T.J. Foose (eds.), Population
Management for Survival & Recovery. Analytical
Methods and Strategies in Small Population Conservation. Columbia
University Press, New York. (Download)
Johnston,
L.A. and R.C. Lacy.
1995. Genome resource banking for species conservation: Selection of sperm
donors. Cryobiology 32:68-77. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1995.
Culling surplus animals for population management. Pages 187-194 in B.G. Norton, M. Hutchins, E.F. Stevens, and T.L.
Maple (eds.) Ethics on the ark: Zoos, animal welfare, and wildlife
conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, DC. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B. and R.C. Lacy. 1995. A simulation study of
the impacts of population subdivision on the mountain brushtail
possum, Trichosurus caninus
Ogilby (Phalangeridae: Marsupialia), in south-eastern Australia. I. Demographic
stability and population persistence. Biological Conservation 73:119-129. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and D.B. Lindenmayer. 1995. A simulation study of
the impacts of population subdivision on the mountain brushtail
possum, Trichosurus caninus
Ogilby (Phalangeridae: Marsupialia), in south-eastern Australia. II. Loss of
genetic variation within and between subpopulations. Biological Conservation
73:131-142. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B., M.A. Burgman, H.R. Akcakaya, R.C. Lacy, and H.P. Possingham. 1995. A review of the
generic computer programs ALEX, RAMAS/space and VORTEX for modelling
the viability of wildlife populations. Ecological Modelling
82:161-174. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1995.
Clarification of genetic terms and their use in the
management of captive populations. Zoo Biology 14:565-577. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1995.
Conservation geneticists make their case. (Book review.)
Ecology 76:1684-1685.
Altmann,
J., S.C. Alberts, S.A. Haines, J. Dubach, P. Muruthi, T. Coote, E. Geffen,
D.J. Cheesman, R.S. Mututua,
S.N. Saiyalel, R.K. Wayne, R.C. Lacy, and M.W. Bruford. 1996. Behavior predicts genetic structure in a
wild primate group. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 93:5797-5801. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and B.E. Horner.
1996. Effects of inbreeding on skeletal development of Rattus villosissimus.
Journal of Heredity 87:277-287. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., G. Alaks, and A. Walsh. 1996. Hierarchical analysis of inbreeding depression in Peromyscus
polionotus. Evolution 50:2187-2200.
See erratum.
(Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1996.
(Book review) Conservation Genetics: Case histories from nature. Quarterly
Review of Biology 71:566.
Hedrick,
P.W., R.C. Lacy, F.W. Allendorf, and M.E. Soulé. 1996. Directions in
conservation biology: Comments on Caughley.
Conservation Biology 10:1312-1320. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 1997.
Importance of genetic variation to the viability of mammalian
populations. Journal of Mammalogy 78:320-335. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and B.E. Horner.
1997. Effects of inbreeding on reproduction and sex ratio of Rattus
villosissimus. Journal of Mammalogy 78:877-887. (Download)
Ballou,
J.D., R.C. Lacy, D. Kleiman, A. Rylands,
and S. Ellis (eds.). 1997. Leontopithecus
II. The second Population and Habitat Viability Assessment
for Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus).
IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple
Valley, MN. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B., R.C. Lacy, and K.L. Viggers. 1998. Modelling survival and
capture probabilities of the mountain brushtail
possum (Trichosurus caninus)
in the forests of south-eastern Australia using trap--recapture data. Journal
of Zoology 245:1-13. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. and J.D. Ballou.
1998. Effectiveness of selection in reducing the genetic load in populations of
Peromyscus polionotus during generations of
inbreeding. Evolution 52:900-909. (Download)
Miller,
P.S. and R.C. Lacy.
1999. VORTEX Version 8 users manual. A stochastic simulation of the simulation process. IUCN/SSC
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group. Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Download more recent version)
Brook,
B.W., J.R. Cannon, R.C. Lacy, C. Mirande, and R. Frankham. 1999. Comparison of the
population viability analysis packages GAPPS, INMAT, RAMAS and VORTEX for the
whooping crane (Grus americana). Animal Conservation 2:23-31. (Download)
Araya,
B., D. Garland, G. Espinoza, A. Sanhuesa, A. Simeone, A. Teare, C. Zavalaga, R. Lacy, and S. Ellis. (eds.)
1999. Taller Análisis de la Viabilidad del Hábitat
y de la Población del Pinguino
Humboldt (Spheniscus humboldti).
Borrador
del informe. IUCN/SSC
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN. (Download)
Cooper,
J., D. Oschadleus, L. Shannon, M. Thornton, P.
Whittington, R. Lacy, and S. Ellis (eds.) 1999. African
Penguin Population and Habitat Viability Assessment. IUCN/SSC
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B., R.C. Lacy, H.
Tyndale-Biscoe, A.C. Taylor, K.L. Viggers, and M.L.
Pope.
1999. Integrating demographic and genetic studies of the Greater Glider Petauroides volans
in fragmented forests: predicting movement patterns and rates for future
testing. Pacific Conservation Biology 5:2-8. (Download)
Ellis,
S., R.C. Lacy, S. Kennedy-Stoskopf, D.E. Wildt, U.S.
Seal, and T. Logan.
1999. Florida panther population and habitat viability assessment and genetics
workshop. IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group,
Apple Valley, MN. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D.B., R.C. Lacy, and M.L.
Pope.
2000. Testing a simulation model for Population Viability Analysis. Ecological
Applications 10:580-597. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 2000.
Management of limited animal populations. Pages 75-93
in D. Duffield and T. Robeck (eds.).
Bottlenose dolphin reproduction workshop. Report. AZA Marine Mammal Taxon Advisory Group, Silver Spring, MD. (Download)
Pergams, O.R.W., R.C. Lacy, and M.V.
Ashley.
2000. Conservation and management of Anacapa Island
Deer Mice. Conservation Biology 14:819-832. (Download)
Penn,
A.M., W.B. Sherwin, G. Gordon, D. Lunney, A. Melzer, and R.C. Lacy. 2000. Demographic forecasting in koala conservation.
Conservation Biology 14:629-638. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 2000.
Should we select genetic alleles in our conservation breeding programs? Zoo
Biology 19:279-282. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 2000.
Considering threats to the viability of small populations.
Ecological Bulletins 48:39-51. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C. 2000.
Structure of the VORTEX simulation model for population
viability analysis. Ecological Bulletins 48:191-203. (Download)
Land,
E.D., and R.C. Lacy.
2000. Introgression level achieved through Florida Panther genetic restoration.
Endangered Species Update 17:100-105. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., and J.D. Ballou.
2001. Population Management 2000 User's Manual. Chicago
Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL. (Access newer PMx program)
Lindenmayer, D.B., and R.C. Lacy. 2002. Small mammals, habitat
patches and PVA models: a field test of model predictive ability. Biological
Conservation 103:247-265. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., and P.S. Miller.
2002. Incorporating human populations and activities into population viability
analysis. Pages 490-510 in S.R. Beissinger
and D.R. McCullough (eds.), Population Viability Analysis. University of
Chicago Press, Chicago. (Download)
Maehr, D.S., R.C. Lacy, E.D. Land,
O.L. Bass, and T.S. Hoctor. 2002. Evolution of
Population Viability Assessments for the Florida panther: A multiperspective
approach. Pages 284-311 in S.R. Beissinger
and D.R. McCullough (eds.), Population Viability Analysis. University of
Chicago Press, Chicago. (Download)
Hosack, D.A., P.S. Miller, J.J. Hervert, and R.C. Lacy. 2002. A population viability
analysis for the endangered Sonoran pronghorn, Antilocapra americana
sonoriensis. Mammalia
66:207-229. (Download)
Nyhus,
P.J., F.R. Westley, R.C. Lacy, and P.S. Miller. 2002. A role for natural
resource social science in biodiversity risk assessment. Society and Natural
Resources 15:1-10. (Download)
Jones,
K.L., T.C. Glenn, R.C. Lacy, J.R. Pierce, N. Unruh, C.M. Mirande, F.
Chavez-Ramirez. 2002. Refining the whooping crane studbook by incorporating
microsatellite DNA and leg banding analyses. Conservation Biology 16:789-799 (Download)
Maehr, D.S., and R. C. Lacy. 2002. Avoiding the lurking
pitfalls in Florida panther recovery. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:971-978. (Download)
Ryan,
K.K., and R.C. Lacy.
2003. Monogamous male mice bias behaviour towards
females according to very small differences in kinship. Animal Behaviour 65: 379-384. (Download)
Ryan,
K.K., R.C. Lacy, and S.W. Margulis. 2003. Impacts of inbreeding on components of reproductive
success. Pages 82-96 in: W. V. Holt, A. R. Pickard, J. C.
Rodger, and D. E. Wildt, eds. Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. (Download)
Lindenmayer, D. B., H. P. Possingham, R. C. Lacy, M. A. McCarthy and M.
L. Pope. 2003. How accurate are population models? Lessons
from landscape-scale tests in a fragmented system. Ecology Letters 6:41-47.
(Download)
Miller,
P.S., and R.C. Lacy.
2003. Integrating the human dimension into endangered species risk assessment.
Pages 41-63 in: F.R. Westley and P.S. Miller, eds. Experiments in Consilience: Integrating Social and Scientific Responses to
Save Endangered Species. Island Press, Washington, DC.
Miller,
P.S., and R.C. Lacy.
2003. Metamodels as a tool for risk assessment. Pages
333-351 in: F.R. Westley and P.S. Miller, eds. Experiments in Consilience: Integrating Social and Scientific Responses to
Save Endangered Species. Island Press, Washington, DC.
(Download)
Westley,
F., P.S. Miller, and R.C. Lacy. 2003. Far from land: Further explorations in consilience. Pages 352-361 in: F.R. Westley and P.S.
Miller, eds. Experiments in Consilience: Integrating
Social and Scientific Responses to Save Endangered Species. Island
Press, Washington, DC.
Singleton,
I., S. Wich, S. Husson, S.
Stephens, S. Utami Atmoko,
M. Leighton, N. Rosen, K. Traylor-Holzer, R. Lacy and O. Byers (eds.). 2004. Orangutan Population and Habitat Viability
Assessment: Final Report. IUCN/SSC Conservation
Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN. (Download)
Lacy,
R.C., and A. Vargas.
2004. Informe sobre la gestión genética y demográfica del programa de cría para la conservación del lince ibérico: escenarios, conclusiones y recomendaciones. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Madrid, Spain. (Download)
Heinsohn, R., R. C. Lacy, D. B. Lindenmayer,
H. Marsh, D. Kwan, and I.R. Lawler. 2004. Unsustainable harvest of dugongs in
Torres Strait and Cape York (Australia) waters: two case studies using
population viability analysis. Animal Conservation 7:417-425. (Download)
Miller,
P.S. and R.C. Lacy.
2005. VORTEX. A stochastic simulation of the simulation
process. Version 9.50 user's manual. Conservation Breeding Specialist
Group (IUCN/SSC). Apple Valley, Minnesota. (Download program and manual)
Margulis, S.W., M. Nabong, G. Alaks, A. Walsh, and R.C. Lacy. 2005. Effects of early experience on subsequent parental behaviour and reproductive success in oldfield mice, Peromyscus polionotus. Animal Behaviour 69:627-634. (Download)
Traylor-Holzer, K., R. Lacy, D. Reed, and O. Byers (eds.). 2005. Alabama Beach Mouse Population and Habitat Viability Assessment: Final Report. IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN. (Download)
Mendelson, J.R. III, et al. (50 co-authors, including R.C. Lacy). 2006. Confronting amphibian declines and
extinctions. Science 313:48. (Download)
Mendelson, J.R. III, et al. (18 co-authors, including R.C. Lacy). 2006. Responding to amphibian loss. Response. Science 314:1541-1542. (Download)
Matamoros, Y., H. Vargas,
B. Lacy, O. Byers, E. Travis, G. Montoya. (Editores).
2006. Taller para Anàlisisde
Viabilidad de Poblaciòny Hàbitatpara el Pingüino de
Galápagos. Informe Final. Parque Nacional
Galápagos, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador.
8-11 de febrero, 2005
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Zippel, K., R. Lacy, and O. Byers (eds.) 2006. CBSG/WAZA Amphibian Ex Situ Conservation Planning Workshop Final Report. IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN. (Download)
Vargas, F.H., R.C. Lacy, P.J. Johnson, A. Steinfurth, R.J.M. Crawford, P.D. Boersma,
and D.W. MacDonald. 2007. Modelling
the effect of El Niño on the persistence of small populations: The Galápagos
penguin as a case study. Biological Conservation 137:138-148. (Download)
Miller, P.S., F.R. Westley, A.P. Byers, and R.C. Lacy. 2007. An experiment in managing the
human animal: The PHVA process and its role in conservation decision-making. Pages 173-188 in T.S. Stoinski, H.D. Steklis,
and P.T. Mehlman. Conservation in the 21st
century: Gorillas as a case study. Springer, New York.
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Nyhus, P.J., R. Lacy, F.R. Westley, P.S. Miller, H. Vredenburg, P. Paquet, and J. Pollak. 2007. Tackling biocomplexity and meta-models for species risk assessment. Ecology & Society 12: 31 [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art31/
Pergams, O.R.W. and R.C. Lacy. 2008. Rapid morphological and genetic change
in Chicago-area Peromyscus. Molecular
Ecology 17:450-463. (Download)
Dasmahapatra, K.K., R.C. Lacy, and W.
Amos. 2008. Estimating
levels of inbreeding using AFLP markers. Heredity 100:286-295. (Download)
Wich, S.A., E. Meijaard,
A.J. Marshall, S. Husson, M. Ancrenaz,
R.C. Lacy, C.P. van Schaik, J. Sugardjito, T. Simorangkir, K. Traylor-Holzer, M. Doughty, J. Supriatna, R. Dennis, M. Gumal, C.D. Knott, and I. Singleton. 2008. Distribution and
conservation status of the orang-utan (Pongo spp.) on
Borneo and
Rudnick, J.A., and R.C. Lacy. 2008. The impact of assumptions about founder
relationships on the effectiveness of captive breeding strategies. Conservation
Genetics 9:1439-1450. (Download)
Lacy, R.C. 2008. Conservation breeding – a
global view. Pages 381-398 in B.R. Sharma, N. Akhtar,
B.K. Gupta (eds.).
Lacy, R.C. 2008.
Conservation breeding – challenges and protocols. Pages 263-289 in B.R. Sharma, N. Akhtar, B.K.
Gupta (eds.).
IUCN/SSC. 2008. Strategic Planning for Species Conservation: A Handbook. Version 1.0. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN Species Survival Commission. 104pp. (R Lacy was one of the writers and co-editors, and chaired the task force that developed the handbook.) (Download)
Lacy, R.C., M. Borbat, and J.P. Pollak. 2009. Vortex: A stochastic simulation of the extinction process. Version 9.99. Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois, USA. (Software download site)
Lacy, R.C. 2009. Stopping evolution: Genetic management of captive populations. Pages 58-81 in: G. Amato, R. DeSalle, O.A. Ryder, and H.C. Rosenbaum. Conservation genetics in the age of genomics. Columbia University Press, New York. (Download)
Marshall, A.J., R. Lacy, M. Ancrenaz, O. Byers, S.J. Husson, M. Leighton, E. Meijaard, N. Rosen, I. Singleton, S. Stephens, K. Traylor-Holzer, S.S.U. Atmoko, C.P. van Schaik, and S.A. Wich. 2009. Orangutan population biology, life history, and conservation. Pages 311-326 in: S.A. Wich, S.S.I. Atmoko, T.M. Setia, and C.P. van Schaik, eds. Orangutans. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. (Download)
Ivy, J.A., A, Miller, R.C. Lacy, and J. A. DeWoody. 2009. Methods and prospects for using molecular data in captive breeding programs: an empirical example using parma wallabies (Macropus parma). Journal of Heredity 100:441-454. (Download)
Leus, K., and R.C. Lacy. 2009. Genetic and demographic management of conservation breeding programs oriented towards reintroduction. Pages 74-84 in: A. Vargas, C. Breitenmoser, and U. Breitenmoser (eds.) Iberian Lynx Ex Situ Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Fundación Biodiversidad / IUCN Cat Specialist Group, Madrid. (Download)
Ivy, J.A., and R.C. Lacy. 2010. Using molecular methods to improve the genetic management of captive breeding programs for threatened species. Pages 267-295 in: J.A. DeWoody, J.W. Bickham, C.H. Michler, K.M. Nicols, O.E. Rhodes, and K.E. Woeste, eds. Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (Download)
Malo, A.F., F. Martinez-Pastor, G. Alaks, J. Dubach, and R.C. Lacy. 2010. Effects of genetic captive-breeding protocols on sperm quality and fertility in the white-footed mouse. Biology of Reproduction 83:540-548. (Download)
Ballou, J.D., R.C. Lacy, and J.P. Pollak. 2010. PMx: software for demographic and genetic analysis and management of pedigreed populations. Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois, USA. (software site)
Lacy, R.C. 2011. Re-thinking ex situ vs. in situ species conservation. Pages 25-29 in: G. Dick, ed. Biodiversity is Life. Proceedings of the 65th Annual Conference of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. WAZA, Gland, Switzerland. (Download)
Asa, C.S., K. Traylor-Holzer, and R.C. Lacy. 2011. Can conservation-breeding programmes be improved by incorporating mate choice? International Zoo Yearbook 45:203-212. (Download)
Leus, K., K. Traylor-Holzer, and R.C. Lacy. 2011. Genetic and demographic population management in zoos and aquariums: recent developments, future challenges and opportunities for scientific research. International Zoo Yearbook 45:213-225. (Download)
Jamieson, I.G., and R.C. Lacy. 2012. Managing genetic issues in reintroduction biology. Pages 441-475 in: J.G. Ewen, D.P. Armstrong, K.A. Parker, & P.J. Seddon, eds. Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Asa, C.S., K. Traylor-Holzer, and R.C. Lacy. 2011. Mate choice as a potential tool to increase population sustainability. WAZA Magazine 12: 23-25. (Download)
Baker, A.M., R.C. Lacy, K. Leus, and K. Traylor-Holzer. 2011. Intensive management of populations for conservation. WAZA Magazine 12: 40-43. (Download)
Frankham, R., J.D. Ballou, M.D. Eldridge, R.C. Lacy, K. Ralls, M.R. Dudash, and C.R. Fenster. 2011. Predicting the probability of outbreeding depression: critical information for managing fragmented populations. Conservation Biology 25:465-475. (Download) (Download Supplemental Info)
Desbiez, A., R.C. Lacy, and K. Traylor-Holzer. Population Viability Analysis. In: Proceedings of the National Action Plan workshop for Jaguars in Brazil. Cat News (in press)
Lacy, R.C., J.D. Ballou, & J.P. Pollak. 2011. PMx: Software package for demographic and genetic analysis and management of pedigreed populations. Methods in Ecology & Evolution doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00148.x (Download)
Bradshaw, C.J.A., C.R. McMahon, P.S. Miller, R.C. Lacy, M.J. Watts, M.L. Verant, J.P. Pollak, D.A. Fordham, T.A.A. Prowse, and B.W. Brook. 2011. Novel coupling of individual-based epidemiological and demographic models predicts realistic dynamics of tuberculosis in alien buffalo. Journal of Applied Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02081.x. (Download)
Ivy, J.A., and R.C. Lacy. A comparison of strategies for selecting breeding pairs to maximize genetic diversity retention in managed populations. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esr129 (Download)
Lacy, R.C. Extending pedigree analysis for uncertain parentage and diverse breeding systems. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esr135 (Download)
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