About the Authors

Chinsu Lin

chinsu@mail.ncyu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, 300 University Road, Chiayi 60004, Taiwan

Sorin C. Popescu

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, United States of America

Gavin Thomson

Affiliation Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Formosa University, 64, Wenhua Road, Huwei Township, Yunlin (63201), Taiwan

Khongor Tsogt

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, 300 University Road, Chiayi 60004, Taiwan

Chein-I Chang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL SP. Performed the experiments: CL KT. Analyzed the data: CL SP CIC GT KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL SP CIC GT KT. Wrote the paper: CL GT SP CIC KT.