1. National Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing China
2. Department of Animal Health and Production Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology Igbo‐Ora Nigeria
3. Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science Sher‐e‐Bangla Agricultural University Dhaka Bangladesh
4. Department of Biology Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA
5. Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA
6. Department of Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA
7. Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) Department of Biological Sciences Northern Arizona University Flagstaff AZ USA
8. Erguna Forest‐Steppe Ecotone Research Station Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang China
9. Naiman Desertification Research Station Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research InstituteChinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China
10. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China