About the Authors

Ruidong Wu

rdwu@ynu.edu.cn

Affiliations Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Yongcheng Long

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy China Program, Kunming, Yunnan, China

George P. Malanson

Affiliation Department of Geography, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Paul A. Garber

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Shuang Zhang

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy China Program, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Diqiang Li

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

Peng Zhao

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy China Program, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Longzhu Wang

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy China Program, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Hairui Duo

Affiliation School of Nature Reserve, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDW YCL GPM PAG SZ. Performed the experiments: RDW SZ DQL PZ LZW HRD. Analyzed the data: RDW YCL LZW HRD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDW DQL LZW HRD. Wrote the paper: RDW YCL GPM PAG SZ.