About the Authors
- Jie Yang
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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
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Min Cao
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Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- George B. Chuyong
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Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
- Corneille E. N. Ewango
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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
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Affiliation Department of Natural and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America
- David Kenfack
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Affiliation Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory Network, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Duncan Thomas
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Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
- Amy Wolf
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Affiliation Department of Natural and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Luxiang Lin
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* E-mail: 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.