1 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystem, Cele 848300, China; State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
2 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
3 Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Technical University of Munich, Munich 80333, Germany.
4 Applied Physical Geography, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Eichstaett 85071, Germany.
5 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
6 Chair of Statistics and Risk Management, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Neubiberg 85577, Germany.
7 Faculty of Forest and Environment, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Eberswalde 16225, Germany.
8 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystem, Cele 848300, China.
9 Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald 17487, Germany; Central Asia Branch Office, World Agroforestry Center, Bishkek 720001, Kyrgyzstan.
10 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
11 Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
12 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China. Electronic address: ruideyu@ms.xjb.ac.cn.