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The influence of desiccation on the recovery process of nitrogenase activity in restored biological soil crusts

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We are thankful to Prof. Xinqian Liu and Xiaoliang An from the Inner Mongolia Academy of Forestry for their assistance with field work. This work was supported by the Special Fund for Forest Scientific Research in the Public Welfare of China (201404204-02).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Jiaoli Zheng, Shuangshuang Li, Chengrong Peng & Dunhai Li

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Jiaoli Zheng & Shuangshuang Li

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Zheng, J., Li, S., Peng, C. et al. The influence of desiccation on the recovery process of nitrogenase activity in restored biological soil crusts. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 1283–1285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-016-9077-1

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