About the Authors

Jie Yang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Nathan G. Swenson

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Min Cao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

George B. Chuyong

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Corneille E. N. Ewango

Affiliation Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestière (CEFRECOF) Epulu, Ituri Forest, Reserve de Faune a Okapis, Democratic Republic of Congo

Robert Howe

Affiliation Department of Natural and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America

David Kenfack

Affiliation Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory Network, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Duncan Thomas

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Amy Wolf

Affiliation Department of Natural and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America

Luxiang Lin

linluxa@xtbg.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

Competing Interests

NGS currently serves as an editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY NGS LL. Performed the experiments: JY NGS LL. Analyzed the data: JY NGS LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NGS MC GBC CENE RH DK DT AW. Wrote the paper: JY NGS LL.