Department of Soil and Crop SciencesDepartment of Soil and Crop Sciences

Faculty


Francesca Cotrufo

M. Francesca Cotrufo

Soil Ecology
Professor
B250 Natural Resource Ecology Lab
francesca.cotrufo@colostate.edu

970-491-6056 office
970-491-1965 fax


Research Interests

  • Stable Isotope
  • Soil Ecology
  • Global Change
  • C and N Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems
  • Water Stress and Shrubland Ecosystems
  • Litter Decomposition
  • Soil CO2 Efflux
  • Radiocarbon Dating
  • Soil Organic Matter Dynamics
  • Dendroecology

Courses:
SOCR680A2 - Terrestrial Ecosystem Isotope Ecology
SOCR580A5 - Soils and Global Change

 

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