About the Authors

Haiyan Pang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Jia Mi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jiami@sxu.edu.cn (JM); shijing@sxu.edu.cn (JS)

Affiliations Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China, Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of the Ministry of Education for Subalpine Grassland Ecosystem in Shanxi, Ningwu, China

Yao Su

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Jincheng Shi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Zonghao Zhou

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Jing Shi

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

jiami@sxu.edu.cn (JM); shijing@sxu.edu.cn (JS)

Affiliation College of Environment and Resources Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Shencong Hu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation College of Environment and Resources Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Xiang Zhao

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliations College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China, Observation and Research Station for Grassland Ecosystem in the Loess Plateau, Youyu, China

Kuanhu Dong

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliations College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China, Observation and Research Station for Grassland Ecosystem in the Loess Plateau, Youyu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.