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This study is a follow up to an earlier study reporting the results of a survey of vegetation carried out in 2009 which was published in the Polish Journal of Ecology (Reference 13 in the published article):
Wang Q, Yuan XZ, Liu H, Zhang YW, Cheng ZL, et al. (2012) Effect of long-term winter flooding on the vascular flora in the drawdown area of the Three Georges Reservoir, China. Polish Journal of Ecology 60: 95–106.
The current article reported a comparison of two consecutive years of data (2009 and 2010) using data from 12 of the 14 sites included in the original study; thus, some of the data generated by the 2009 survey and used in this analysis has been previously published. The relationship of the current study to the previous work was acknowledged in the paper; however, the authors would like to provide clarification of a number of instances in which previously published information/data were used in the article without an accompanying clear citation:
- - Information on sampling methods and the hydrological regime was similar to that reported in the Polish Journal of Ecology article.
- - The 2009 data on life forms (shown in Table 4) for 12 of the 14 original sampling sites were re-used from the previous study.
- - The 2009 data on patterns of life form and species richness along elevational gradient for 12 of the 14 original sampling sites were re-used from the previous study.
In addition, the authors wish to clarify that Figs 1 and 3A were modified from the above article with permission from copyright holder Polish Journal of Ecology. The captions for Figs 1–3 and Table 2, Table 4 and Table 5 should be revised to read as follows:
The sites sampled in 2009 were mostly the same and were mapped previously [13]. The Three Gorges Reservoir Area is a combination of all the counties around the reservoir. Modified from [13] with permission from Polish Journal of Ecology.
Data updated from [13] to include July 2009 –Dec 2010. Data originate from the daily records of the Three Gorges Dam hydrology station (http://www.ctgpc.com.cn/index.php). The vertical arrows indicated the period for field sampling.
Life form percentage was calculated by total recorded plant species date in each elevation zone. Different letters (a, b, c) above the boxes indicate significant differences for P<0.05. 3(a) is modified from [13] with permission from Polish Journal of Ecology. Life form percentage and species richness data for 2009 are taken from 12 of the 14 original sampling sites as previously reported in [13].
Data for 2009 are taken from 12 of the 14 sites as previously reported in [13].
Data from 2009 survey for Vitex negundo L., Morus alba L., and Sapium sebiferumL. Roxb. as previously reported in [13].
References
Citation: Wang Q, Yuan X, Willison JHM, Zhang Y, Liu H (2016) Correction: Diversity and Above-Ground Biomass Patterns of Vascular Flora Induced by Flooding in the Drawdown Area of China's Three Gorges Reservoir. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147452. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147452
Published: January 19, 2016
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