About the Authors

Huanping Lu

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhian Li

lizan@scbg.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Shenglei Fu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Ana Méndez

Affiliation Departamento de Ingeniería de Materiales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Gabriel Gascó

Affiliation Departamento de Edafología, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Jorge Paz-Ferreiro

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Departamento de Edafología, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HPL ZAL SF AM GG JPF. Performed the experiments: HPL JPF. Analyzed the data: HPL ZAL SF AM GG JPF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZAL SF. Wrote the paper: HPL ZAL SF AM GG JPF.