| Impacts of altered precipitation regimes on soil communities and biogeochemistry in arid and semi‐arid ecosystems UN Nielsen, BA Ball Global change biology 21 (4), 1407-1421, 2015 | 464 | 2015 |
| Nonadditive effects of leaf litter species diversity on breakdown dynamics in a detritus-based stream JS Kominoski, CM Pringle, BA Ball, MA Bradford, DC Coleman, DB Hall, ... Ecology 88 (5), 1167-1176, 2007 | 190 | 2007 |
| Soil fauna alter the effects of litter composition on nitrogen cycling in a mineral soil Y Carrillo, BA Ball, MA Bradford, CF Jordan, M Molina Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2011 | 187 | 2011 |
| Consequences of non‐random species loss for decomposition dynamics: experimental evidence for additive and non‐additive effects BA Ball, MD Hunter, JS Kominoski, CM Swan, MA Bradford Journal of Ecology 96 (2), 303-313, 2008 | 168 | 2008 |
| Interactions between physical and biotic factors influence CO2 flux in Antarctic dry valley soils BA Ball, RA Virginia, JE Barrett, AN Parsons, DH Wall Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (7), 1510-1517, 2009 | 123 | 2009 |
| Stoichiometric shifts in soil C: N: P promote bacterial taxa dominance, maintain biodiversity, and deconstruct community assemblages ZT Aanderud, S Saurey, BA Ball, DH Wall, JE Barrett, ME Muscarella, ... Frontiers in microbiology 9, 1401, 2018 | 73* | 2018 |
| Linkages between below and aboveground communities: Decomposer responses to simulated tree species loss are largely additive BA Ball, MA Bradford, DC Coleman, MD Hunter Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (6), 1155-1163, 2009 | 70 | 2009 |
| At limits of life: multidisciplinary insights reveal environmental constraints on biotic diversity in continental Antarctica C Magalhães, MI Stevens, SC Cary, BA Ball, BC Storey, DH Wall, R Türk, ... PLoS One 7 (9), e44578, 2012 | 69 | 2012 |
| The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem UN Nielsen, DH Wall, BJ Adams, RA Virginia, BA Ball, MN Gooseff, ... Ecosphere 3 (2): 17, 2012 | 67 | 2012 |
| Approaches to advance scientific understanding of macrosystems ecology O Levy, BA Ball, B Bond-Lamberty, KS Cheruvelil, AO Finley, NR Lottig, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12 (1), 15-23, 2014 | 66 | 2014 |
| Nitrogen and phosphorus release from mixed litter layers is lower than predicted from single species decay BA Ball, MA Bradford, MD Hunter Ecosystems 12 (1), 87-100, 2009 | 66 | 2009 |
| The influence of litter composition across the litter–soil interface on mass loss, nitrogen dynamics and the decomposer community BA Ball, Y Carrillo, M Molina Soil Biology and Biochemistry 69, 71-82, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
| Direct and terrestrial vegetation-mediated effects of environmental change on aquatic ecosystem processes BA Ball, JS Kominoski, HE Adams, SE Jones, ES Kane, TD Loecke, ... BioScience 60 (8), 590-601, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Microbial biomass and respiration responses to nitrogen fertilization in a polar desert BA Ball, RA Virginia Polar Biology 37 (4), 573-585, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Legacies of plant litter on carbon and nitrogen dynamics and the role of the soil community Y Carrillo, BA Ball, MS Strickland, MA Bradford Pedobiologia, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
| Stoichiometric linkages between plant litter, trophic interactions and nitrogen mineralization across the litter–soil interface Y Carrillo, BA Ball, M Molina Soil Biology and Biochemistry 92, 102-110, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
| Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica BA Ball, BJ Adams, JE Barrett, DH Wall, RA Virginia Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122, 7-18, 2018 | 29 | 2018 |
| The role of water tracks in altering biotic and abiotic soil properties and processes in a polar desert in Antarctica BA Ball, J Levy Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 120 (2), 270-279, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Implications of meltwater pulse events for soil biology and biogeochemical cycling in a polar desert BA Ball, JE Barrett, MN Gooseff, RA Virginia, DH Wall Polar Research 30 (1), 14555, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| The ecological role of moss in a polar desert: implications for aboveground–belowground and terrestrial–aquatic linkages BA Ball, RA Virginia Polar Biology 37 (5), 651-664, 2014 | 23 | 2014 |
