About the Authors

Hongmei Zhao

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Soil and Plant Ecological Processes, College of Grassland and Environmental Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China

Gang Huang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China, Fukang Station of Desert Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, Fukang, China

Yan Li

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China, Fukang Station of Desert Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, Fukang, China

Jian Ma

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China, Fukang Station of Desert Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, Fukang, China

Jiandong Sheng

sjd_2004@126.com

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Soil and Plant Ecological Processes, College of Grassland and Environmental Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China

Hongtao Jia

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Soil and Plant Ecological Processes, College of Grassland and Environmental Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China

Congjuan Li

Affiliation National Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL JS HZ. Performed the experiments: HZ GH JM. Analyzed the data: HZ YL JS GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ JM HJ CL. Wrote the paper: HZ YL JS GH.