Yaoming Li, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ulumqi, China, Ruide Yu, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China, Murat Dzhumataev, The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyz and Sakiev Satybaldynovich Kadyrbek Sr, National Academy of science of Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyz