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.
Articles
Labile Soil Carbon Inputs Mediate the Soil Microbial Community Composition and Plant Residue Decomposition Rates (with Aimee T. Classen, Hector F. Castro, and Christopher W. Schadt), New Phytologist (2010)
• Root carbon (C) inputs may regulate decomposition rates in soil, and in this study...
Presentations
Interactions Among Elevated CO2, Root Litter Diversity and Decomposition (with C. W. Schadt, J. W. Six, and A. T. Classen), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009 (2009)
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations can alter litter decomposition processes directly, via changes in litter chemistry,...