About the Authors

Lourdes Martínez-Estévez

mariadelourdes_martinez@yahoo.com.mx

Affiliation Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, México

Patricia Balvanera

Affiliations Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Michoacán, México, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, United States of America

Jesús Pacheco

Affiliation Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, México

Gerardo Ceballos

Affiliation Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LME PB GC. Performed the experiments: LME JP. Analyzed the data: LME PB JP GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LME PB JP GC. Wrote the paper: LME PB GC.