Ryan, J.M. and Y. Ntiamoa-Baidu. 2000. Biodiversity and ecology of coastal wetlands in Ghana. Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 9:445-446.

Ryan, J.M. and D. Attuquayefio. 2000. Mammal fauna of the Muni-Pomadze Ramsar site, Ghana. Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 9:541-560.

Gordon, C., Y. Ntiamoa-Baidu, and J.M. Ryan. 2000. The Muni-Pomadze Ramsar site. Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 9:447-464.

Vaughan, T.A., J. M. Ryan, and N. J. Czaplewski. 1999. Mammalogy, 4^th edition, Saunders College Publishers, Philadelphia. Pp.

Hermanson, J.W., Ryan, J. M., Cobb, M.A., Bentley, J., and W.A. Schutt. 1998. Histochemical and electrophoretic analysis of the primary flight muscle of several phylostomid bats. Can. J. Zool., 76:1983-1992.

Kolmes, S., K. Mitchell, and J. Ryan. 1998. Optimal foraging theory. Pp. 97-140 In UMAP Modules 1997: Tools for Teaching, (P. Campbell, ed.) Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications, Inc. Lexington, MA.

Sokoloff, A.J., Ryan, J.M., Valerie, E., Wilson, D.S., and G.E. Goslow, jr. 1998 Neuromuscular organization of avian flight muscle: Morphology and contractile properties of motor units in the pectoralis (pars thoracicus) of pigeon (Columba livia). J. Morph., 236:179-208.

Mitchell, K. and J. Ryan. 1998 The species-area relation. UMAP Journal (Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and its Applications. 19:141-170.

Ryan, J.M., Cushman, J., Jordon, B., Samuels, A., Frazer, H., and C. Baier. 1998 Topographic position of forelimb motoneuron pools is conserved in vertebrate evolution, Brain, Behav., Evol., 51:90-99.

Ryan, J.M., J. Cushman, and C. Baier. 1997. Organization of forelimb motoneuron pools in two bat species (Eptesicus fuscus and Myotis lucifugus). Acta Anatomica, 158:121-129.

Kolmes, S., K. Mitchell, and J. Ryan. 1997. Optimal foraging theory. UMAP Journal, (Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and its Applications. 18(1):43-85.

Ryan, J.M., Cushman, J., Frazer, H. and A. Samuels. 1996. Motoneuron Tracing Techniques, pp. 13-26 in D. Blackburn (ed.) Neuroscience Methods: The UndergraduateLaboratory Experience, Trinity College Press.

Hermanson, J.W., M.A. Cobb, W.A. Schutt, F. Muradali, and J.M. Ryan. 1993. Histochemical and myosin composition of vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) pectoralis muscle targets a unique locomotory niche. J. Morphology, 217:347-356.

Ryan, J. M., Creighton, G. K., and L. H. Emmons 1993. Activity patterns of two species of Nesomys (Muridae:Nesomyinae) in a Madagascar rain forest. J. Tropical Ecology 9:101-107.

Ryan, J. M., Cobb, M. A., and J. W. Hermanson. 1992. Elbow extensor muscles of the horse: postural and dynamic implications. Acta Anatomica , 144:71-79.

Ryan, J. M. 1991 The morphology of the glans penis in four genera of molossid bats (Chiroptera:Molossidae), J. Mammalogy , 72(4):658-668.

Ryan, J. M. 1991. Comparative morphology of the glans penis in Molossus, Promops, &Eumops (Chiroptera:Molossidae). Pp. 122-137 In T.A. Griffiths and D.J. Klingener (eds.) Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.

Ryan, J. M. 1989. Comparative myology and phylogenetic systematics of the Heteromyidae (Mammalia:Rodentia). Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan. 176:1-102.

Ryan, J. M. 1989. Evolution of cheek pouches in African pouched rats (Rodentia:Cricetomyinae). J. Mammalogy 70:267-274.

Ryan, J. M. 1986. Comparative morphology and evolution of cheek pouches in rodents. J. Morphology 190:27-41.

Ryan, J. M. 1986. Dietary overlap in sympatric populations of pygmy shrews, Sorex hoyi, and masked shrews, Sorex cinereus, in Michigan. Canadian Field-Nat. 100:225-228.

Ryan, J. M., Clark, D. B., and J. A. Lackey 1985. Response of Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera:Phyllostomidae) to distress calls of conspecifics. J. Mammalogy 66:179-181.

Ryan, J. M. 1982. Distribution and comparative ecology of the pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi) and Masked (Sorex cinereus) shrews in northern lower Michigan. MS thesis The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Ryan, J. M. 1982. Distribution and habitat of the pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi, in Michigan. Jack-Pine Warbler 60:85-86.

Smith, G. and J. M. Ryan. 1978. Annotated checklist to the birds of Oswego county and northern Cayuga county, New York. Rice Creek Biological Field Station Bulletin #5, SUNY Press, Oswego, NY 311pp.

PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION:

Ryan, J. M. Nesomys spp. (chapter for Madagascar: A Natural History to be published by University of Chicago Press)

Mitchell, K. Ryan, J. M., and S. Kolmes. BioModels: Math models of biological systems. (book prospectus in review at Springer-Verlag)

Ryan, J.M., J.T. Kerlan, and B. T. Jordon. Exploring Muscle Function Through Histochemistry. In D. Silverthorn, A. Mills, and B. Johnson (eds.), Laboratory Experiments in Physiology - Custom Laboratory Program, 1/e, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000pp. (in press)

Kerlan, J.T., J.M. Ryan, and M.A. Meagher. Blood lactic acid levels after maximal exercise. In D. Silverthorn, A. Mills, and B. Johnson (eds.), Laboratory Experiments in Physiology - Custom Laboratory Program, 1/e, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000pp. (in press)

RECENT GRANTS:

2002 Nationa Science Foundation RUI - Modeling the Ecological and Hydrogeochemical Connections Among the Finger Lakes, New York (pending).

2000 National Geographic Society Grant #6797-00 - The Ecology and Functional Anatomy of the Hero Shrew Scutiosorex somereni. $18,000

1999 Math Beans: Mathematical Software Components for Web-based Instructional Materials. NSF-CCLI $59,578

1993-1997 Program Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to the Biology Department. HHMI $550,000.

1993 Neuroanatomical analysis of the motoneuron pools in vertebrates: a test of the motor control conservatism hypothesis.NSF-RUI $ 95,894.

1993 Collaborative Investigatory Laboratories in Physiology and Anatomy. NSF-ILI $55,978.

1991 The motor control conservatism hypothesis: a test using bats. Whitehall Foundation Grant $14,000.