About the Authors

Hongyan Di

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Zhen Duan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Kai Luo

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Daiyu Zhang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Fan Wu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Jiyu Zhang

zhangjy@lzu.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Wenxian Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Yanrong Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ YW HD. Performed the experiments: HD. Analyzed the data: HD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZD KL DZ FW WL. Wrote the paper: HD.