About the Authors

Muyi Kang

kangmy@bnu.edu.cn (MYK); jiangy@bnu.edu.cn (YJ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Cheng Dai

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Wenyao Ji

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Yuan Jiang

kangmy@bnu.edu.cn (MYK); jiangy@bnu.edu.cn (YJ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Zhiyou Yuan

Affiliation Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Han Y. H. Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, College of Forestry and Gardening, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Competing Interests

Han Y. H. Chen is a PLOS ONE Board member. 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: MYK HYHC ZYY YJ. Performed the experiments: CD WYJ. Analyzed the data: CD WYJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MYK YJ. Wrote the paper: MYK CD WYJ YJ ZYY HYHC.