Research Output per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
PHD, University of Georgia
… → 2007
BA, Goucher College
… → 2002
Keywords
- 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
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Research Output 2007 2018
- 642 Citations
- 13 h-Index
- 27 Article
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
3
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
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
11
Citations
(Scopus)
Stoichiometric linkages between plant litter, trophic interactions and nitrogen mineralization across the litter-soil interface
Carrillo, Y., Ball, R. & Molina, M., Jan 1 2016, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 92, p. 102-110 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Food Chain
trophic interaction
stoichiometry
plant litter
mineralization
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 2022
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.
NSF-EHR: Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
10/17/17 → 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-BIO: Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
12/1/16 → 11/30/18
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: EAGER: Pathways and Patterns of Litter Chemistry During Decomposition
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
6/1/15 → 5/31/18
Project: Research project
Decomposition
Catalysts
Metals
Hydrogenolysis
Hydrocarbons
Collaborative Research: Databases for Many Majors: Customizable Visualizations to Improve STEM Learning
Dietrich, S., Kobojek, K., Crook, S. & Ball, B.
NSF: Directorate for Education Human Resources (EHR)
9/1/14 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
Animation
Visualization
Students
Spreadsheets
Ecology