About the Authors

Zhang Kai

Affiliations Program for Field Studies in Tropical Asia (www.pfs-tropasia.org), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China, Ecology, Conservation, and Environment Center (ECEC), State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

Teoh Shu Woan

Affiliations Program for Field Studies in Tropical Asia (www.pfs-tropasia.org), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China, Danau Girang Field Centre, Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sandakan, Malaysia

Li Jie

Affiliations Program for Field Studies in Tropical Asia (www.pfs-tropasia.org), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China, Bulong Nature Reserve, Jinghong, China

Eben Goodale

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

Kaoru Kitajima

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America

Robert Bagchi

Affiliation Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Ecosystem Management Group, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zürich, Switzerland

Rhett D. Harrison

r.harrison@cgiar.org

Affiliations Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies (CMES), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, World Agroforestry Centre, East Asia Node, Kunming, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZK TSW LJ EG KK RDH. Performed the experiments: ZK TSW LJ. Analyzed the data: ZK RB RDH. Wrote the paper: ZK EG RDH. Read and commented on the manuscript: ZK TSW LJ EG KK RB RDH.