About the Authors

Erjia Ge

Affiliations Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Robert Haining

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Chi Pang Li

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Zuguo Yu

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Hunan Province, China

Miu Yee Waye

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ka Hou Chu

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yee Leung

yeeleung@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL ZGY KHC EJG. Performed the experiments: YL EJG CPL. Analyzed the data: YL EJG RH ZGY KHC MYW. Wrote the paper: YL EJG RH.