Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 31504; published online: 07 September 2016; updated: 01 December 2016

This Article contains an error in the Discussion section.

“Some actively strategies should be applied to decrease encroachment, such as digging a trench around bamboo stands or physically new shoots or culms each year”.

should read:

“Some active strategies should be applied to decrease encroachment, such as digging a trench around bamboo stands or physically removing new shoots or culms each year”.