About the Authors

Matteo Detto

dettom@si.edu

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, República de Panamá

Helene C. Muller-Landau

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, República de Panamá

Joseph Mascaro

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Gregory P. Asner

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GA MD. Performed the experiments: GA MD. Analyzed the data: MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD HML JM. Wrote the paper: MD HML.