1. Department of Physical Geography, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
2. Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Turkey
4. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
5. Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
6. Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
8. Department of Economics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
9. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic