Research Output per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
PHD, University of Georgia
… → 2007
BA, Goucher College
… → 2002
Research interests
- Soil biogeochemistry
- ecosystem ecology
- Sonoran Desert
- polar desert
- desert ecology
- Antarctica
- decomposition
- soil ecology
- climate change
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Soil
Medicine & Life Sciences
litter
Earth & Environmental Sciences
deserts
Agriculture & Biology
soil
Agriculture & Biology
desert
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Antarctica
Agriculture & Biology
plant litter
Agriculture & Biology
nitrogen
Agriculture & Biology
Network
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Research Output 2007 2019
Erratum: : Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages (Frontiers in Microbiology (2018) 9 (1401) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01401)
Aanderud, Z. T., Saurey, S., Ball, R., Wall, D. H., Barrett, J. E., Muscarella, M. E., Griffin, N. A., Virginia, R. A., Barberán, A. & Adams, B. J., Jan 1 2019, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, MAR, 391.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Open Access
Biodiversity
Microbiology
Soil
Manuscripts
Nutrient dynamics during photodegradation of plant litter in the Sonoran Desert
Ball, R., Christman, M. P. & Hall, S., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Arid Environments.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Sonoran Desert
nutrient dynamics
photolysis
photodegradation
plant litter
5
Citations
(Scopus)
Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica
Ball, R., Adams, B. J., Barrett, J. E., Wall, D. H. & Virginia, R. A., Jul 1 2018, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 122, p. 7-18 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Fertilization
Antarctica
deserts
Soil
desert
5
Citations
(Scopus)
Stoichiometric shifts in soil C: N:P promote bacterial taxa dominance, maintain biodiversity, and deconstruct community assemblages
Aanderud, Z. T., Saurey, S., Ball, R., Wall, D. H., Barrett, J. E., Muscarella, M. E., Griffin, N. A., Virginia, R. A. & Adams, B. J., Jul 3 2018, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, JUL, 1401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Biodiversity
Soil
Nitrites
Nitrosomonadaceae
Ammonium Compounds
Urbanization alters small rodent community composition but not abundance
Guevara, J. N. A. & Ball, R., Jan 1 2018, In : PeerJ. 2018, 5, e4885.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Urbanization
Herbivory
urbanization
Rodentia
rodents
Activities
Soil Ecology Society
Rebecca Ball (Member)1800
Activity: Other activity types › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organization
Ecological Society of America
Rebecca Ball (Member)1800
Activity: Other activity types › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organization
Projects 2014 2024
New College Environmental Health Science Scholars - A Unique Summer Program Designed to Increase Diversity in the Environmental Health Sciences
Marshall, P., Wagner, C., Solis, F., Jurutka, P., Johnson, J., Ferry, L., Sandrin, T., Ball, B., Hackney Price, J. & Watanabe-Sailor, K.
HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2/1/19 → 1/31/24
Project: Research project
LTER: CAP IV - Investigating urban ecology and sustainability through the lens of
Childers, D., Selover, N., Grimm, N., Westerhoff, P., Fox, P., Redman, C., Martin, C., Wentz, E., Deviche, P., White, D., Anderies, J., Hartnett, H., McGraw, K., Herckes, P., Hall, S., Middel, A., Larson, K., Boone, C., Myint, S., Johnson, J., Wutich, A., Aggarwal, R., Abbott, J., York, A., Turner, B., Bateman, H., Vivoni, E., Shrestha, M., Georgescu, M., Ball, B., Chester, M., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Wang, Z., Li, W., Hondula, D., Coseo, P., Suzart de Albuquerque, F., Throop, H., Cheng, C., Sailor, D., Lewis, J. & Meerow, S.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
12/1/18 → 11/30/22
Project: Research project
urban ecosystem
sustainability
student
ecology
ecosystem structure
Collaborative Research: TRAIN (Transfer to Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences)
Marshall, P., Broatch, J., Dietrich, S., Ferry, L., Camacho, E., Sandrin, T., Sandrin, S., Ball, B., Silva, Y., Hackney Price, J. & Mooney, S.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
1/15/18 → 12/31/22
Project: Research project
Polar (DCL - 16-119): BioArt Course in Arctic Finland for Undergraduates
Ball, B., Lerman, R. & Sandrin, S.
NSF-GEO-PLR: Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
8/15/17 → 7/31/20
Project: Research project
LTER CAP IV: Design with Nature
Childers, D., Selover, N., Grimm, N., Westerhoff, P., Fox, P., Redman, C., Martin, C., Wentz, E., Deviche, P., White, D., Anderies, J., Hartnett, H., McGraw, K., Herckes, P., Hall, S., Larson, K., Boone, C., Myint, S., Johnson, J., Wutich, A., Aggarwal, R., Abbott, J., York, A., Turner, B., Bateman, H., Vivoni, E., Shrestha, M., Georgescu, M., Ball, B., Chester, M., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Wang, Z., Li, W., Hondula, D., Coseo, P., Throop, H., Cheng, C. & Sailor, D.
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
12/1/16 → 11/30/19
Project: Research project
urban ecosystem
sustainability
ecology
ecological theory
human behavior