About the Authors

Patricia Álvarez-Loayza

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

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

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

Affiliation Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Thea Kristiansen

Affiliation Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Jens-Christian Svenning

Affiliation Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Nathalie Gil

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.