About the Authors

Verónica Cepeda-Cornejo

vcepeda@ecologia.unam.mx

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México

Rodolfo Dirzo

Affiliations Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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