Becky Ball
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Her current postdoctoral research examines soil carbon cycling, stoichiometry, and soil biodiversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Selected Publications
- Ball, B.A., M.A. Bradford, M.D. Hunter. 2009. Nitrogen and phosphorus release from mixed litter layers is lower than predicted from single species decay. /Ecosystems/ 12(1): 87-100/./
- Ball, B.A., M.D. Hunter, J.S. Kominoski, C.M. Swan, M.A. Bradford. 2008. Consequences of non-random species loss for decomposition dynamics: Experimental evidence for additive and non-additive effects. /Journal of Ecology/. 96(2): 303-313.
- Kominoski, J.S., C.M. Pringle, B.A. Ball. 2008. Invasive wooly adelgid appears to drive seasonal hemlock and carcass inputs to a detritus-based stream. /Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol/. 30(1): 109-112.
- Kominoski, J.S., C.M. Pringle, *B.A. Ball*, M.A. Bradford, D.C. Coleman,^ D.B. Hall, and M. D. Hunter. (2007). Positive non-additive effects of species richness and composition on ecosystem function. /Ecology/ 88(5): 1167-1176.
- Ball, B.A., M.A. Bradford, D.C. Coleman, M.D. Hunter. (in review) Additive linkages between below- and aboveground communities: decomposer responses to non-random tree species loss. /Soil Biology and Biochemistry/.
Courses
Office: 108 Steele
Phone: 603-646-1689
Email: Rebecca.A.Ball@Dartmouth.edu
