About the Authors

Steffi Grote

grote.steffi@gmail.com

Affiliation Spezielle Botanik und Funktionelle Biodiversität, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Richard Condit

Affiliation Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Stephen Hubbell

Affiliations Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Christian Wirth

Affiliations Spezielle Botanik und Funktionelle Biodiversität, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Nadja Rüger

Affiliations Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC SH. Analyzed the data: SG NR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC NR. Wrote the paper: SG RC SH CW NR. Designed the analysis: SG RC CW NR.