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Barbara Ballentine

Associate Professor

Western Carolina University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

Western Carolina University, Research

Barbara Ballentine is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Associate Professor at Western Carolina University.

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Western Carolina University

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evolutionary biology behavioral sciences animal behavior avian biology ecology animal behaviour genetics aggression population genetics ornithology ethology swamp sparrow subspecies behavioral experiments morphology (biology) genetic variation reliability biogeography ecology and evolutionary biology wildlife behavioral ecology adaptation reproductive biology wildlife ecology wildlife management movement ecology biological evolution evolutionary genetics behavior analysis breeding behavior conservation genetics reliable aggressive signalling swamp sparrows melospiza georgiana male swamp sparrows morphological adaptation mating signal neutral genotypes genetic control phenotypic divergence divergent selection avian aggressive signals reproductive consequences territorial songbird tidal marsh sparrow subspecific boundaries reproductive success population divergence sexual selection biology evolutionary ecology natural selection

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Flexible Responses to Stage‐Specific Offspring Threats. Ecology and Evolution (2019)

Sarah BrittonBarbara Ballentine

flexible responsesecology and evolutionary biologystage-specific offspring threatsecologyevolutionary biology

Reproductive Consequences of Aggression in a Territorial Songbird. Ethology (2017)

Jessica KrippelBarbara BallentineJeremy Hyman

animal behaviorethologyreproductive biologyreproductive consequencesterritorial songbirdaggressionbehavioral sciences

Geographic Population Structure and Subspecific Boundaries in a Tidal Marsh Sparrow. Conservation Genetics (2016)

Russell GreenbergKristina M. CammenAmy G. WilsonBrian J. OlsenBarbara BallentineNancy C. McInerneyRobert C. Fleischer

conservation geneticstidal marsh sparrowavian biologyornithologysubspecific boundariesbiogeographygeneticsgeographyecologypopulation geneticsgeographic population structure

Divergent Selection on Bill Morphology Contributes to Nonrandom Mating Between Swamp Sparrow Subspecies. Animal Behaviour (2013)

Barbara BallentineBrent HortonE. Tracy BrownRussell Greenberg

animal behavioravian biologyanimal behaviourswamp sparrow subspeciesdivergent selectionevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Limits to Reliability in Avian Aggressive Signals. Behaviour (2013)

William A. SearcyBarbara BallentineRindy C. AndersonStephen Nowicki

behavior analysisanimal behaviorreliabilityavian aggressive signalsavian biologybreeding behaviorevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Common Garden Experiment Reveals Genetic Control of Phenotypic Divergence Between Swamp Sparrow Subspecies That Lack Divergence in Neutral Genotypes. PLoS ONE (2010)

Barbara BallentineRussell Greenberg

neutral genotypesgeneticsevolutionary biologygenetic variationevolutionary geneticsswamp sparrow subspeciesgenetic controlecologypopulation geneticsphenotypic divergence

The Ability to Perform Physically Challenging Songs Predicts Age and Size in Male Swamp Sparrows, Melospiza Georgiana. Animal Behaviour (2009)

Barbara Ballentine

animal behaviormelospiza georgianaavian biologyethologymale swamp sparrowsanimal behaviourbehavioral experimentsevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Reliable Aggressive Signalling in Swamp Sparrows. Animal Behaviour (2008)

Barbara BallentineWilliam A. SearcyStephen Nowicki

animal behaviorwildlifeavian biologyreliable aggressive signallingbehavioral ecologywildlife ecologyanimal behaviourwildlife managementswamp sparrowsmovement ecologyornithologyaggressionevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Morphological Adaptation Influences the Evolution of a Mating Signal. Evolution (2006)

Barbara Ballentine

adaptationmorphology (biology)biological evolutionmorphological adaptationevolutionary biologymating signal

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Barbara Ballentine

Associate Professor

Western Carolina University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

Western Carolina University, Research

Barbara Ballentine is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Associate Professor at Western Carolina University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Barbara Ballentine

Western Carolina University

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Flexible Responses to Stage‐Specific Offspring Threats. Ecology and Evolution (2019)

Sarah BrittonBarbara Ballentine

flexible responsesecology and evolutionary biologystage-specific offspring threatsecologyevolutionary biology

Reproductive Consequences of Aggression in a Territorial Songbird. Ethology (2017)

Jessica KrippelBarbara BallentineJeremy Hyman

animal behaviorethologyreproductive biologyreproductive consequencesterritorial songbirdaggressionbehavioral sciences

Geographic Population Structure and Subspecific Boundaries in a Tidal Marsh Sparrow. Conservation Genetics (2016)

Russell GreenbergKristina M. CammenAmy G. WilsonBrian J. OlsenBarbara BallentineNancy C. McInerneyRobert C. Fleischer

conservation geneticstidal marsh sparrowavian biologyornithologysubspecific boundariesbiogeographygeneticsgeographyecologypopulation geneticsgeographic population structure

Divergent Selection on Bill Morphology Contributes to Nonrandom Mating Between Swamp Sparrow Subspecies. Animal Behaviour (2013)

Barbara BallentineBrent HortonE. Tracy BrownRussell Greenberg

animal behavioravian biologyanimal behaviourswamp sparrow subspeciesdivergent selectionevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Limits to Reliability in Avian Aggressive Signals. Behaviour (2013)

William A. SearcyBarbara BallentineRindy C. AndersonStephen Nowicki

behavior analysisanimal behaviorreliabilityavian aggressive signalsavian biologybreeding behaviorevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Common Garden Experiment Reveals Genetic Control of Phenotypic Divergence Between Swamp Sparrow Subspecies That Lack Divergence in Neutral Genotypes. PLoS ONE (2010)

Barbara BallentineRussell Greenberg

neutral genotypesgeneticsevolutionary biologygenetic variationevolutionary geneticsswamp sparrow subspeciesgenetic controlecologypopulation geneticsphenotypic divergence

The Ability to Perform Physically Challenging Songs Predicts Age and Size in Male Swamp Sparrows, Melospiza Georgiana. Animal Behaviour (2009)

Barbara Ballentine

animal behaviormelospiza georgianaavian biologyethologymale swamp sparrowsanimal behaviourbehavioral experimentsevolutionary biologybehavioral sciences

Reliable Aggressive Signalling in Swamp Sparrows. Animal Behaviour (2008)

Barbara BallentineWilliam A. SearcyStephen Nowicki

Morphological Adaptation Influences the Evolution of a Mating Signal. Evolution (2006)

Barbara Ballentine

adaptationmorphology (biology)biological evolutionmorphological adaptationevolutionary biologymating signal

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