Kathleen Buckingham,^* Paul Jepson,^** Liangru Wu,^*** I. V. Ramanuja Rao,^**** Sannai Jiang,^***** Walter Liese,^****** Yiping Lou,^******* Maoyi Fu<sup>********


*</sup>Kathleen Buckingham () Address: School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Centre for the Environment University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK. e-mail: kathleen.buckingham@ouce.ox.ac.uk
^**Paul JepsonAddress: School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Centre for the Environment University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
^***Liangru WuAddress: China National Bamboo Research Centre, 310 Wenyi Road, West Lake District, 310012 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
^****I. V. Ramanuja RaoAddress: The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), 8 Fu Tong Dong Da Jie, Wangjing, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102, People's Republic of China.
^*****Sannai JiangAddress: The State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China, 18 Hepingli dongjie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100714, People's Republic of China.
^******Walter LieseAddress: Department of Wood Science, The University of Hamburg, Leuschnerstr.91, 21030 Hamburg, Germany.
^*******Yiping LouAddress: The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), 8 Fu Tong Dong Da Jie, Wangjing, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102, People's Republic of China.
^********Maoyi FuAddress: The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Sub-Tropical Forest Research Institute, 311400 Fuyang, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.