The Baotianman Forest Dynamics Plot has been supported by: 

• The National Science and Technology Support Plan 
• The State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change 
• The Natural Science Foundation of China 
• Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network
• Henan Agricultural University
• Nanyang Normal University
• China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing)
• Pingdingshan University
• Baotianman National Nature Reserve