About the Authors

Liang Xu

Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Sofia M. A. Freitas

Affiliation Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Fei-Hai Yu

Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Ming Dong

dongmingchina@126.com

Affiliations College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Niels P. R. Anten

Affiliations Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Marinus J. A. Werger

Affiliation Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX SF NPRA MD MJAW. Performed the experiments: LX SF. Analyzed the data: LX SF NPRA MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD MJAW. Wrote the paper: LX SF FHY NPRA MD.