About the Authors
- Jian-Ying Ma
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Affiliations Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Wei Sun
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* E-mail: sunwei@nenu.edu.cn
Affiliation Institute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology (Ministry of Education), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, People’s Republic of China
- Xiao-Ning Liu
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Affiliation Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Fa-Hu Chen
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JYM WS FHC. Performed the experiments: JYM XNL WS. Analyzed the data: JYM WS XNL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYM WS. Wrote the paper: JYM WS XNL FHC.