About the Authors

Huifang Wang

Affiliations Beijing Research & Development Center for Grass and Environment, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China, Center for Water System Security, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Bo Xiao

xiaoboxb@gmail.com

Affiliations Beijing Research & Development Center for Grass and Environment, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Mingyu Wang

Affiliation Center for Water System Security, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Ming'an Shao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BX HW MW MS. Performed the experiments: BX HW. Analyzed the data: HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW. Wrote the paper: BX HW MW.