About the Authors

Enqing Hou

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Environmental Futures Centre, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Chengrong Chen

c.chen@griffith.edu.au (CC); dzwen@scbg.ac.cn (DW)

Affiliation Environmental Futures Centre, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

Megan E. McGroddy

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, NASA/University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Dazhi Wen

c.chen@griffith.edu.au (CC); dzwen@scbg.ac.cn (DW)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH CC DW MEM. Performed the experiments: EH CC DW. Analyzed the data: EH CC DW MEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW CC. Wrote the paper: EE CC DW MEM.