About the Authors

Ling-Zeng Meng

mlz@xtbg.org.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China, University of Hohenheim, Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics (380b), Stuttgart, Germany

Konrad Martin

Affiliation University of Hohenheim, Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics (380b), Stuttgart, Germany

Andreas Weigel

Affiliation Rosalia Umweltmanagement, Am Schloßgarten 6, Wernburg, Germany

Xiao-Dong Yang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China

Competing Interests

AW is an employee of Rosalia Umweltmanagement. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZM KM. Performed the experiments: LZM AW. Analyzed the data: LZM AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW XDY. Wrote the paper: LZM KM XDY.