About the Authors

Jinbiao Ma

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China

Meiru Zhang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xinlong Xiao

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jinjin You

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China

Junru Wang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Tao Wang

Affiliation College of Resource and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China

Yinan Yao

yaoya@ms.xjb.ac.cn (YY); tiancy@ms.xjb.ac.cn (CT)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China

Changyan Tian

yaoya@ms.xjb.ac.cn (YY); tiancy@ms.xjb.ac.cn (CT)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM YY CT. Performed the experiments: JM MZ JY. Analyzed the data: JM XX JW TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY. Wrote the paper: JM YY.