About the Authors

Anne Chao

chao@stat.nthu.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Lou Jost

Affiliation EcoMinga Foundation, Via a Runtun, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador

T. C. Hsieh

Affiliation Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

K. H. Ma

Affiliation Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

William B. Sherwin

Affiliations Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University, South Road, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Lee Ann Rollins

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC LJ WBS. Performed the experiments: TCH KHM LAR. Analyzed the data: AC LJ TCH KHM WBS LAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCH KHM LAR. Wrote the paper: AC LJ TCH KHM WBS LAR.