About the Authors

Xiaolei Ding

Affiliations Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jianren Ye

njfu_jrye@163.com

Affiliations Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Sixi Lin

Affiliations Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xiaoqin Wu

Affiliations Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Dewei Li

Affiliations The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095, United States of America, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Bo Nian

Affiliations Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Prevention and Management of Invasive Species, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY XD XW. Performed the experiments: XD SL BN. Analyzed the data: XD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL. Wrote the paper: XD DL.