ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are grateful to L. Wu for assistance in the field. We thank
Proof-Reading-Service.com Ltd in Letchworth Garden city for the helpful
feedback on a previous draft of the manuscript. This study supported by
Strategic
Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(XDB31030000), the National Key R&D Program of China (grand No.
2017YFC0505802), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.
31370437), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41371078)
and Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network.
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