Abstract
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124456.].
Highlights
Following publication of this article [1], concerns were raised about partial overlap with a previously published Chinese-language article by some of the same authors in the journal Forest Research [2], which is closely related, and should have been cited and discussed
The authors clarify that the PLOS ONE study is based on the same C. intermedia plantation previously reported in the Forest Research article, and some of the data have previously been reported, including:
Note that the morphological characteristics of C. intermedia in the PLOS ONE article were calculated from 10 plants, and the morphological characteristics of C. intermedia in the Forest Research article were calculated from 20 plants; some of the data are slightly different
Summary
Following publication of this article [1], concerns were raised about partial overlap with a previously published Chinese-language article by some of the same authors in the journal Forest Research [2], which is closely related, and should have been cited and discussed. The authors clarify that the PLOS ONE study is based on the same C. intermedia plantation previously reported in the Forest Research article, and some of the data have previously been reported, including: The data on the distribution and morphological characteristics of C. intermedia on different slopes of the sand dunes (Table 1 and Table 5 of the PLOS ONE article).
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