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Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Marie-Anne de Graaff joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at Boise State in 2010. Her education was completed at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, culminating with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science. Dr. de Graaff has worked as a Research Assistant at the University of California, Davis, and most recently as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Her research interests include ecosystems, ecology, and global climate change.

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Dr. Marie-Anne de Graaff joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at Boise State in 2010. Her education was completed at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, culminating with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science. Dr. de Graaff has worked as a Research Assistant at the University of California, Davis, and most recently as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Her research interests include ecosystems, ecology, and global climate change.

2010 - Present	Assistant Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of Biological Sciences
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Biology

Ecosystem Ecology, Environmental Science, and Global Climate Change

Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (WIMEK), Ph.D. Fellowship

E-mail: marie-annedegraaff@boisestate.edu

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-7647

Articles (24)

Root Traits of Perennial C4 Grasses Contribute to Cultivar Variations in Soil Chemistry and Species Patterns in Particulate and Mineral-Associated Carbon Pool Formation (Megan J. Kelly-Slatten, Catherine E. Stewart, Malak M. Tfaily, et al.) GCB-Bioenergy (2023)

Recent studies have indicated that the C4 perennial bioenergy crops switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) accumulate significant amounts of soil carbon (C) owing to their extensive root systems. Soil C accumulation is ...

Drone Imagery Protocols to Map Vegetation are Transferable Between Dryland Sites Across an Elevational Gradient (Anna Roser, Josh Enterkine, Juan M. Requena-Mullor, et al.) Ecosphere (2022)

The structure and composition of plant communities in drylands are highly variable across scales, from microsites to landscapes. Fine spatial resolution field surveys of dryland plants are essential to unravel the impact of climate change; ...

A Haploid Pseudo-Chromosome Genome Assembly for a Keystone Sagebrush Species of Western North American Rangelands (Anthony E. Melton, Richard S. Beard, Carlos Dave C. Dumaguit, et al.) G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (2022)

Increased ecological disturbances, species invasions, and climate change are creating severe conservation problems for several plant species that are widespread and foundational. Understanding the genetic diversity of these species and how it relates to adaptation ...

Optimizing Process-Based Models to Predict Current and Future Soil Organic Carbon Stocks at High-Resolution (Marie-Anne de Graaff and Ryan Will) Scientific Reports (2022)

From hillslope to small catchment scales (< 50 km2), soil carbon management and mitigation policies rely on estimates and projections of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. Here we apply a process-based modeling approach that parameterizes ...

Fire Frequency Impacts Soil Properties and Processes in Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems of the Columbia Basin (Leslie Nichols, Douglas J. Shinneman, Susan K. McIlroy, et al.) Applied Soil Ecology (2021)

Increased fire frequency in semi-arid ecosystems can alter biochemical soil properties and soil processes that underpin ecosystem structure and functioning, thus threatening native plant communities and the species that rely on them. However, there is ...

SoDaH: The SOils DAta Harmonization Database, an Open-Source Synthesis of Soil Data from Research Networks, Version 1.0 (Marie-Anne de Graaff) Earth System Science Data Discussions (2021)

Data collected from research networks present opportunities to test theories and develop models about factors responsible for the long-term persistence and vulnerability of soil organic matter (SOM). Synthesizing datasets collected by different research networks presents ...

Soil Organic Carbon is Not Just for Soil Scientists: Measurement Recommendations for Diverse Practitioners (M.-A. de Graaff) Ecological Applications (2021)

Soil organic carbon (SOC) regulates terrestrial ecosystem functioning, provides diverse energy sources for soil microorganisms, governs soil structure, and regulates the availability of organically bound nutrients. Investigators in increasingly diverse disciplines recognize how quantifying SOC ...

Performance of the Ecosystem Demography Model (EDv2.2) in Simulating Gross Primary Production Capacity and Activity in a Dryland Study Area (Nancy F. Glenn, Marie Anne de Graaff and Alejandro Flores) Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2021)

Dryland ecosystems play an important role in the global carbon cycle, including regulating the inter-annual global carbon sink. Dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) are essential tools that can help us better understand carbon cycling in ...

Disentangling the Effects of Multiple Fires on Spatially Interspersed Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) Communities (Douglas J. Shinneman, Susan K. McIlroy and Marie-Anne de Graaff) Journal of Vegetation Science (2021)

Questions: Relative to a landscape with a mosaic of two sagebrush community types and increasing fire frequency, we asked (a) do vegetation characteristics very significantly with number of times burned for each sagebrush community; (b) ...

Effects of Fertilization, Plant Species, and Intra-Specific Diversity on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Biofuel Cropping Systems After Five Growing Seasons (Jaron Adkins, Julie D. Jastrow, Geoffrey P. Morris, et al.) Biomass and Bioenergy (2019)

Land-use change for bioenergy production can release greenhouse gases (GHG) through disturbance of soil carbon (C) pools, but use of native species with extensive root systems as bioenergy crops may help mitigate GHG emissions by ...

Empirical Methods for Remote Sensing of Nitrogen in Drylands May Lead to Unreliable Interpretation of Ecosystem Function (Hamid Dashti, Nancy F. Glenn, Nayani T. Ilangakoon, et al.) IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing (2019)

Nitrogen (N) has been linked to different ecosystem processes, and retrieving this important foliar biochemical constituent from remote sensing observations is of widespread interest. Since N is not explicitly represented in physically based radiative transfer ...

Cheatgrass-Associated AMF Community Negatively Affects Sagebrush Root Production but Not C Transfer to the Soil (Janina Dierks, Karolien Denef, Linda T.A. van Diepen, et al.) Plant and Soil (2019)

Aim Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) invasion can alter community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. The feedbacks and underlying mechanisms of a changed AMF community on sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate ssp. wyomingensis) remain ...

Experimental Exclusion of Insectivorous Predators Results in No Responses Across Multiple Trophic Levels in a Water-Limited, Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem (Peggy Martinez, Elizeth Cinto Mejia, Jesse R. Barber, et al.) Journal of Arid Environments (2019)

Predators can have strong influences on ecological processes through impacts on individuals at lower trophic levels, and changes in predator-prey dynamics can alter ecosystem functioning. However, much of what we currently know about interactions across ...

Enhanced Precipitation Promotes Decomposition and Soil C Stabilization in Semiarid Ecosystems, but Seasonal Timing of Wetting Matters (Xochi Campos, Matthew J. Germino and Marie-Anne de Graaff) Plant and Soil (2017)

Aims Changing precipitation regimes in semiarid ecosystems will affect the balance of soil carbon (C) input and release, but the net effect on soil C storage is unclear. We asked how changes in the amount ...

A Hierarchical Framework for Studying the Role of Biodiversity in Soil Food Web Processes and Ecosystem Services (Paul Kardol, Heather L. Throop, Jaron Adkins, et al.) Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2016)

Soil food webs play a key role in the cycling of carbon and nutrients and in sustainably provisioning ecosystem services. Despite the tremendous diversity of organisms that soil food webs harbor, we still know surprisingly ...

Genotypic Diversity Effects on Biomass Production in Native Perennial Bioenergy Cropping Systems (Geoffrey P. Morris, Zhenbin Hu, Paul P. Grabowski, et al.) GCB Bioenergy (2016)

The perennial grass species that are being developed as biomass feedstock crops harbor extensive genotypic diversity, but the effects of this diversity on biomass production are not well understood. We investigated the effects of genotypic ...

Effects of Switchgrass Cultivars and Intraspecific Differences in Root Structure on Soil Carbon Inputs and Accumulation (Jaron Adkins, Julie D. Jastrow, Geoffrey P. Morris, et al.) Geoderma (2016)

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a cellulosic biofuel feedstock, may promote soil C accumulation compared to annual cropping systems by increasing the amount and retention of root-derived soil C inputs. However, these inputs and stabilization thereof ...

A Meta-Analysis of Soil Biodiversity Impacts on the Carbon Cycle (M.-A. de Graaff, J. Adkins, P. Kardol, et al.) Soil (2015)

Loss of biodiversity impacts ecosystem functions, such as carbon (C) cycling. Soils are the largest terrestrial C reservoir, containing more C globally than the biotic and atmospheric pools together. As such, soil C cycling, and ...

Microbial Community Structure Varies Across Soil Organic Matter Aggregate Pools During Tropical Land Cover Change (A. P. Smith, E. Marín-Spiotta, M. A. de Graaff, et al.) Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2014)

Soil microorganisms regulate multiple input and loss pathways of soil carbon (C); hence, changes in microbial communities are expected to affect soil organic matter (SOM) cycling and storage. Despite this, very little is known about ...

A Synthesis of Climate and Vegetation Cover Effects on Biogeochemical Cycling in Shrub-Dominated Drylands (Marie-Anne de Graaff, Heather L. Throop, Paul S.J. Verburg, et al.) Ecosystems (2014)

Semi-arid and arid ecosystems dominated by shrubs (“dry shrublands”) are an important component of the global C cycle, but impacts of climate change and elevated atmospheric CO2 on biogeochemical cycling in these ecosystems have not ...

Differential Priming of Soil Carbon Driven by Soil Depth and Root Impacts on Carbon Availability (Marie-Anne de Graaff, Julie D. Jastrow, Shay Gillette, et al.) Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2014)

Enhanced root-exudate inputs can stimulate decomposition of soil carbon (C) by priming soil microbial activity, but the mechanisms controlling the magnitude and direction of the priming effect remain poorly understood. With this study we evaluated ...

Variation in Root Architecture Among Switchgrass Cultivars Impacts Root Decomposition Rates (Marie-Anne de Graaff, Johan Six, Julie D. Jastrow, et al.) Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2013)

Roots regulate soil carbon (C) input, but fine root decomposition rates and root impacts on soil organic C turnover (SOC) are uncertain. This uncertainty is, partly, caused by the heterogeneity of root systems, which vary ...

Elevated CO2 and Plant Species Diversity Interact to Slow Root Decomposition (Marie-Anne de Graaff, Christopher W. Schadt, Kelly Rula, et al.) Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2011)

Changes in plant species diversity can result in synergistic increases in decomposition rates, while elevated atmospheric CO2 can slow the decomposition rates; yet it remains unclear how diversity and changes in atmospheric CO2 may interact ...

Labile Soil Carbon Inputs Mediate the Soil Microbial Community Composition and Plant Residue Decomposition Rates (Marie-Anne de Graaff, Aimee T. Classen, Hector F. Castro, et al.) New Phytologist (2010)

• Root carbon (C) inputs may regulate decomposition rates in soil, and in this study we ask: how do labile C inputs regulate decomposition of plant residues, and soil microbial communities? • In a 14 ...

Effects of Agricultural Intensification on Soil Biodiversity and Implications for Ecosystem Functioning: A Meta-Analysis (Marie-Anne de Graaff, Nicole Hornslein, Heather L. Throop, et al.) Advances in Agronomy (2019)

Environmental perturbations such as agricultural intensification may alter soil biodiversity in a manner that affects ecosystem functioning, but links are not well quantified. With this review we ask: (1) “How does agricultural intensification affect soil ...