Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, using funds provided by the Bureau of Land Management through the sale of public lands as authorized by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. It was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 41571273 and 41807077), the China Scholarship Council (Project 201604910077). The authors also acknowledge the assistance in onsite data collection by Ina Sue Miller, a Hydrologist with the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
AChengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, PR China
BUSDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID 83843, United States
CUSDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA 95616, United States
DCorresponding author E-mail: welliot@moscow.com