About the Authors

Krithi K. Karanth

krithi.karanth@gmail.com

Affiliations Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Arjun M. Gopalaswamy

Affiliations Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney, United Kingdom, Wildlife Conservation Society-India program, Bangalore, India

Ruth DeFries

Affiliation Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Natasha Ballal

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKK AMG RD. Performed the experiments: KKK NB. Analyzed the data: KKK AMG RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KKK AMG RD NB. Wrote the paper: KKK AMG RD.