About the Authors

Jushan Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Ling Wang

wangl890@nenu.edu.cn (LW); wangd@nenu.edu.cn (DLW)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Deli Wang

wangl890@nenu.edu.cn (LW); wangd@nenu.edu.cn (DLW)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Stephen P. Bonser

Affiliation Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Fang Sun

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Yifa Zhou

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Ying Gao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Xing Teng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL DW LW. Performed the experiments: JL YG XT FS. Analyzed the data: JL YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL FS YZ. Wrote the paper: JL LW DW YG SB.