About the Authors

Hongyu Sun

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation College of Economics, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang, 550025, China

David Midkiff

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

Ping Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation College of Management, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, China

Runsheng Yin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yinr@msu.edu (RY); xuepei_yuan@xsyu.edu.cn (XY)

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America

Xuepei Yuan

Roles Writing – review & editing

yinr@msu.edu (RY); xuepei_yuan@xsyu.edu.cn (XY)

Affiliation School of Economics & Management, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, 710065, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.