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