Long-term farming and cropping systems with contrasting nitrogen forms and input diversity influence soil prokaryotic diversity in the central highlands of Kenya

• Susan Wairimu Muriuki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5741-0578

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• Anne Kambura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Taita Taveta University, Voi, Kenya

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• Julius Mugweru,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

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• Kennedy Wanjau,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• David Bautze,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5498-3298

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• Thomas Dubois,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Felix Matheri,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8729-8529

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• Edwin Mwangi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Nancy Mwende,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Edwin Ngetha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

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• Edward Nderitu Karanja

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ekaranja@icipe.org

  Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9246-650X

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