About the Authors

Dexiecuo Ai

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Philippe Desjardins-Proulx

Affiliations Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Chengjin Chu

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Gang Wang

wgmg36@lzu.edu.cn

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA GW. Performed the experiments: DA CC. Analyzed the data: DA PDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA CC. Wrote the paper: DA PDP GW.