About the Authors

Niu Yayi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, 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, Naiman Desertification Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tongliao, China

Duan Yulong

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

duanyulong@nieer.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

Li Yuqiang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

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

Wang Xuyang

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

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

Chen Yun

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

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

Wang Lilong

Roles Investigation

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.