About the Authors
- Patricia Álvarez-Loayza
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* E-mail: pcaz@duke.edu
Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Center for Tropical Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- James F. White Jr
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Mónica S. Torres
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Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Henrik Balslev
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Affiliation Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Thea Kristiansen
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Affiliation Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Jens-Christian Svenning
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Affiliation Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Nathalie Gil
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Affiliation Universidad Nacional San Antonio de Abad, Cusco, Peru
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW. Wrote the paper: PA-L JFW J-CS. Conceived and designed field experiments: PA-L JFW. Conceived and designed the laboratory experiments: MST JFW PA-L. Plant census and light measurements in Northeastern Amazonia: HB TK. Plant census and light measurements in Southeastern Amazonia: PA-L. Performed the field experiments: PA-L NG. Field work in Northeastern Amazonia: HB TK. Field work in Southeastern Amazonia: PA-L. Performed laboratory experiments: MST PA-L. Analyzed the field data: PA-L TK J-CS. Analyzed laboratory results: MST PA-L.