About the Authors

Jiali Huang

jialih@imde.ac.cn

Affiliation Centre of Mountain Development, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Robert E. Ulanowicz

Affiliations Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, Solomons, Maryland, United States of America, Arthur R. Marshall Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH REU. Analyzed the data: JH. Wrote the paper: JH REU.