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Received: 19 September 2018

Accepted: 18 November 2018

First Online: 12 December 2018

Authors’ information

: M.L. Hossain is currently pursuing Ph.D. in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. M.L.H obtained M.Sc. in Global Change Ecology from the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He achieved his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Environmental Science from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He works as a Lecturer (on study leave from 2018 to 2021) in the Department of Environmental Protection Technology, German University Bangladesh, Gazipur, Bangladesh. C. Beierkuhnlein is the Chair of Biogeography, and Head of the graduate program (M.Sc.) “Global Change Ecology” (within the Elite Network of Bavaria), University of Bayreuth, Germany. During 2005–2007, C.B. was the Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences, University of Bayreuth, Germany. He is a member of the editorial board of Basic and Applied Ecology and Journal of Applied Vegetation Science.

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