1. Department of Ecology State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol School of Life Sciences Sun Yat‐sen University 510275 Guangzhou
2. Wildland Resources Department Utah State University Logan UT USA
3. Department of Forest Ecology Silva Tarouca Research Institute Brno Czech Republic
4. Department of Biology and Tyson Research Center Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO USA
5. Department of Plant Science and Technology University of Jos Jos Nigeria
6. The Nigerian Montane Forest Project Taraba State Nigeria
7. School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
8. Center for Conservation and Sustainability Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute National Zoological Park Washington DC USA
9. Conservation Ecology Center Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute National Zoological Park Front Royal VA USA
10. Hydrological‐Ecological Interactions Branch Earth System Processes Division Water Mission Area U.S. Geological SurveyReston VA USA
11. School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK
12. Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences 650223 Kunming
13. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, IL USA and Morton Arboretum, Lisle IL USA
14. Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Tai Po Hong Kong SAR
15. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia Kunming Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences 650201 Kunming
16. Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences 110016 Shenyang
17. School of Biological Sciences The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong SAR
18. Department of Plant Sciences University of Oxford OxfordOX1 3RB UK
19. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA
20. Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology Wuhan Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences 430074 Wuhan
21. Center for Ecological Research Northeast Forestry University 150040 Harbin
22. Center for Tropical Forest Science‐Forest Global Earth Observatory Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panama City Panama
23. Department of Botany National Museum of Natural History Washington DC USA
24. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany The Chinese Academy of Sciences 100093 Beijing
25. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain Guangxi Institute of Botany Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences 541006 Guilin
26. Research Institute of Tropical Forestry Chinese Academy of Forestry 510000 Guangzhou
27. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences 510650 Guangzhou
28. Heilongjiang Forestry Enginerring and Environment Institute 150040 Harbin
29. ECNU‐Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research East China Normal University 200241 Shanghai
30. Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University 200241 Shanghai
31. Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique Libreville Gabon
32. Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP) Danum Valley Field Centre PO Box 60282 91112 Lahad Datu Sabah Malaysia
33. Departamento Ecologia Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Biociências Cidade Universitária São Paulo SP Brazil
34. Harvard Forest Harvard University Petersham MA USA
35. Forest Ecology Group Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Edgewater MD USA
36. Institute of Botany Minzu University of China Chinese Academy of Sciences 100093 Beijing
37. College of Forestry South China Agricultural University 510642 Guangzhou
38. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies National Dong Hwa University 97401 Hualien
39. Department of Plant & Microbial Biology University of Minnesota St. Paul MN USA
40. Lijiang Forest Ecosystem Research Station Kunming Instituted of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences 674100 Lijiang
41. Guangdong Chebaling National Nature Reserve 512500 Shaoguan
42. Department of Environmental Studies University of California Santa Cruz CA95064 USA
43. Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies University of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico00936 USA
44. Center for Theoretical Study Charles University Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Praha Czech Republic
45. Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Praha Czech Republic
46. Biology Department Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ON Canada
47. Kellogg Biological Station and Department of Integrative Biology Michigan State University Hickory Corners Michigan49060 USA
48. Department of Renewable Resources University of Alberta Edmonton AlbertaT6G 2H1 Canada