About the Authors

Jien Zhang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology & College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tianming Wang

wangtianming@bnu.edu.cn

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

Jianping Ge

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ TW JG. Performed the experiments: JZ TW. Analyzed the data: TW JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW JG. Wrote the paper: JZ TW. Connected with the local and regional forestry departments: JZ TW JG. Promoted ground-truth verification and household interviews in local rural areas in southern China: JZ TW.