About the Authors

Yue Bin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Wanhui Ye

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Helene C. Muller-Landau

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, República de Panamá

Linfang Wu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Juyu Lian

lianjy@scbg.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Honglin Cao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YB WY HCM-L. Performed the experiments: JL LW HC. Analyzed the data: YB HCM-L. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY LW JL HC. Wrote the paper: YB HCM-L JL.