About the Authors

German Forero-Medina

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

John Terborgh

Affiliations Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke University Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

S. Jacob Socolar

Affiliation Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stuart L. Pimm

stuartpimm@me.com

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The project was partially funded by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF-M SLP JT. Performed the experiments: GF-M JT SJS. Analyzed the data: GF-M SLP JT SJS. Wrote the paper: GF-M SLP JT SJS.