About the Authors

Jingting Zhang

Affiliations College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China, Key Ecology and Environment Experimental Station of Ministry of Agriculture for Field Scientific Observation in Hohhot, Wuchuan, Hohhot, 011705, China

Wei Ren

Affiliations Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States of America, International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America

Pingli An

anpl@cau.edu.cn

Affiliations College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China, Key Ecology and Environment Experimental Station of Ministry of Agriculture for Field Scientific Observation in Hohhot, Wuchuan, Hohhot, 011705, China

Zhihua Pan

Affiliations College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China, Key Ecology and Environment Experimental Station of Ministry of Agriculture for Field Scientific Observation in Hohhot, Wuchuan, Hohhot, 011705, China

Liwei Wang

Affiliations College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China, Key Ecology and Environment Experimental Station of Ministry of Agriculture for Field Scientific Observation in Hohhot, Wuchuan, Hohhot, 011705, China

Zhiqiang Dong

Affiliations College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China, Key Ecology and Environment Experimental Station of Ministry of Agriculture for Field Scientific Observation in Hohhot, Wuchuan, Hohhot, 011705, China

Di He

Affiliation College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

Jia Yang

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America

Shufen Pan

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America

Hanqin Tian

Affiliation International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTZ PLA. Performed the experiments: JTZ LWW ZQD DH. Analyzed the data: JTZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTZ WR. Wrote the paper: JTZ WR PLA. Modify the article: ZHP JY SFP HQT.