About the Authors

Eric Waltari

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ewaltari@amnh.org

Affiliation Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert J. Hijmans

Affiliation International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

A. Townsend Peterson

Affiliation Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Árpád S. Nyári

Affiliation Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Susan L. Perkins

Affiliation Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert P. Guralnick

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and University of Colorado Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG EW. Analyzed the data: RG EW. Other: Contributed to project planning: SP AN. Provided data layers: AP RH. Contributed data: AN. Wrote large parts of the paper: RG EW. Wrote parts of the paper: RH AP AN. Contributed to paper writing: SP.