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Importance of nitrogen fixation in soil crusts of southern African arid ecosystems: acetylene reduction and stable isotope studies

Aranibar, J.N.; Anderson, I.C.; Ringrose, S.; Macko, S.A. (Elsvier, www.elsevier.com, 2003)

Cyanobacterial soil crusts may be important in arid and semi-arid ecosystems because of their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2). These crusts are very sensitive to trampling by animals, and their destruction can ...