About the Authors

Yue-Hua Hu

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

Roger L. Kitching

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith School of the Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

Guo-Yu Lan

Affiliation Rubber Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan, China

Jiao-Lin Zhang

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

Li-Qing Sha

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

Min Cao

caom@xtbg.ac.cn

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-HH MC. Performed the experiments: Y-HH L-QS G-YL. Analyzed the data: Y-HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y-HH. Wrote the paper: Y-HH RLK J-LZ MC.