About the Authors

Xuyang Wang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yuqiang Li

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

liyq@lzb.ac.cn

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tongliao, China

Yinping Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China

Jie Lian

Roles Investigation, Software

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tongliao, China

Yongqing Luo

Roles Investigation, Visualization

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tongliao, China

Yayi Niu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xiangwen Gong

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.