About the Authors
- Yongjun Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yongjun Zhang, Qing S. Cao
Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Qing S. Cao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yongjun Zhang, Qing S. Cao
Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America
- Daniel I. Rubenstein
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Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Sen Zang
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Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Melissa Songer
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Affiliation Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America
- Peter Leimgruber
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Affiliation Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America
- Hongjun Chu
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Affiliations College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, Altai Forestry Bureau, Altai, Xinjiang, China
- Jie Cao
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Affiliation Wild Horse Breeding Center, Xinjiang Forestry Department, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
- Kai Li
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Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Defu Hu
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* E-mail: hudf@bjfu.edu.cn
Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DH YZ QSC KL. Performed the experiments: YZ QSC SZ. Analyzed the data: QSC DIR MS PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH QSC DIR HC JC KL. Wrote the paper: QSC DIR DH. Obtained permission for research in the reserve: JC HC DH KL.