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Soil Microbial Communities in Long-Term Soil Storage for Sand Mine Reclamation

Monika Gorzelak, Breanne M. McAmmond, Jonathan D. Van Hamme, Christina Birnbaum, Corrina Thomsen and Miranda Hart
Ecological Restoration, March 2020, 38 (1) 13-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.38.1.13
Monika Gorzelak
School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Harborne Building, Whiteknights, Reading, U.K., RG6 6AS
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Breanne M. McAmmond
TRUGen Applied Genomics Laboratory, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada V2C 0C8
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Jonathan D. Van Hamme
TRUGen Applied Genomics Laboratory, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada V2C 0C8
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Christina Birnbaum
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Burwood campus, Burwood, VIC 3125 Australia
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Corrina Thomsen
University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada V1V 1V7
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(corresponding author), University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada V1V 1V7.
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