Rapid Loss of Lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

Shengli Tao1, Jingyun Fang2, Xia Zhao3, Shuqing Zhao2, Haihua Shen4, Huifeng Hu4, Zhiyao Tang5, Zhiheng Wang5 and Qinghua Guo3, (1)Peking University, Beijing, China, (2)Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)IB Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (5)Peking University, Department of Ecology, Beijing, China