List of the 45 species used in this study with functional type, growth form and number of individuals measured (n).

Species names follow the”Dujiangyan higher plant name list”provided by the local herbarium of West China Subalpine Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Note that Kalopanax pictus is synonymous to Kalopanax septemlobus. For author names of species see Flora of China [21].