Ford Ballantyne
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of New Mexico
154 Higuchi Hall
Phone: (785) 864-1868
Fax: (785) 864-1534
I am interested in understanding repeated patterns we see in nature. My research interests are broad, reflecting my question driven approach to ecology. Using mathematical models with firm empirical foundation, I study changes in abundance, community structure and ecosystem function across space and through time. In particular, I have focused on mean-variance scaling of population abundance, the relationship between trophic structure and biomass flow in community food webs and regulation of nutrient dynamics and stoichiometry in ecosystems. Model development and refinement are the core activities in my lab but I am initiating an experimental research program to complement the theoretical study of element cycles and ecosystem stoichiometry.
Ballantyne, F., D. Menge, A. Ostling and P. Hosseini. 2008. Nutrient recycling affects autotroph and ecosystem stoichiometry. The American Naturalist 171(4):511–523.
Hurlbert, A. H., F. Ballantyne, and S. Powell. 2008. Shaking a leg and hot to trot: the effects of body size and temperature on running speed in ants. Ecological Entomology 33:144–154.
Wielgus, J., F. Ballantyne, E. Sala and L. Gerber. 2007. Viability analysis of reef fish populations based on limited demographic information. Conservation Biology 21(2):447–454.
Ballantyne, F. and A. J. Kerkhoff. 2007. The observed range for temporal mean-variance scaling exponents can be explained by reproductive correlation. Oikos 116:174–180.
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