Afforestation suppresses Oncomelania hupensis snail density through influencing algae in beaches of the Dongting Lake

• Xiao Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Yang, Qian Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, Academy of Forest Inventory and Planning, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing, China, Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

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• Qian Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Yang, Qian Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China

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• Li Ma,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliations School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing, China, Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4395-1864

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• Qi-Xiang Sun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China

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• Song Liang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6406-3700

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• Jin-Xing Zhou

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zjx001@bjfu.edu.cn

  Affiliations School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing, China, Engineering Research Center of Forestry Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-9849

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