About the Authors

William F. Laurance

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: laurancew@si.edu

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama

Henrique E. M. Nascimento

Affiliation Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Manaus, Brazil

Susan G. Laurance

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama

Ana Andrade

Affiliation Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Manaus, Brazil

Robert M. Ewers

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom

Kyle E. Harms

Affiliations Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Regina C. C. Luizão

Affiliation Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Manaus, Brazil

José E. Ribeiro

Affiliation Department of Botany, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL. Performed the experiments: WL SL. Analyzed the data: WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HN SL AA KH JR RL. Wrote the paper: WL. Other: Helped to conceptualize findings: RE.