About the Authors

Yaolin Liu

Affiliations School of Resource and Environment Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Xuesong Kong

xuesongk@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Resource and Environment Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Yanfang Liu

Affiliations School of Resource and Environment Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Yiyun Chen

Affiliations School of Resource and Environment Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLL XSK YFL. Performed the experiments: YLL XSK YFL YYC. Analyzed the data: YLL XSK YFL YYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLL XSK YFL YYC. Wrote the paper: YLL XSK YFL YYC. Projecting the model used in analysis: YLL XSK YFL.