Guodong Han,^* Jeffrey E. Herrick,^* Brandon T. Bestelmeyer,^* David A. Pyke,^* Patrick Shaver,^* Mei Hong,^* Mike Pellant,^* Fee Busby,^* Kris M. Havstad<sup>*


*</sup>Authors are Professors, Department of Grassland Science, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, Inner Mongolia, P. R. China (Han, Hong); Research Soil Scientist (Herrick), Research Ecologist (Bestelmeyer), and Supervisory Scientist (Havstad), US Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service Jornada Experimental Range, MSC 3JER, NMSU, Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003, USA, e-mail: jher-rick@nmsu.edu; Ecologist, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, US Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA (Pyke); Rangeland Management Specialist, US Department of Agriculture–Natural Resources Conservation Service West National Technology Support Center, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, Suite 1000, Portland, OR 97232, USA (Shaver); Great Basin Restoration Initiative Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID 83709, USA (Pellant); and Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA (Busby).