About the Authors

Xiaojun Kou

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China

Qin Li

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Carl Beierkuhnlein

Affiliation Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

Yiheng Zhao

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China

Shirong Liu

Liusr@caf.ac.cn

Affiliation Institute of Forest Environment and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XK SL. Performed the experiments: XK QL YZ. Analyzed the data: XK QL YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XK QL. Wrote the paper: XK CB SL.