About the Authors

Jessica K. Schnell

schnell@orn.mpg.de

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Grant M. Harris

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Stuart L. Pimm

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

Gareth J. Russell

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collected range and satellite data and performed forest classification: GMH SLP. Performed analyses: JKS GJR. Wrote the initial draft: JKS. Revised manuscript: GJR GMH SLP.