About the Authors

Alexander Buyantuyev

abuyantu@gmail.com

Affiliations Sino-US Center for Conservation, Energy, and Sustainability Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China

Pengyan Xu

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China

Jianguo Wu

Affiliations Sino-US Center for Conservation, Energy, and Sustainability Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China, School of Life Sciences and Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Shunji Piao

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China

Dachuan Wang

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB JW SP. Performed the experiments: AB PX SP DW. Analyzed the data: AB PX SP DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB SP. Wrote the paper: AB PX JW SP DW.