About the Authors

Corey T. Callaghan

Contributed equally to this work with: Corey T. Callaghan, Thomas Mesaglio

callaghan.corey.t@gmail.com (CTC); thomasmesaglio@gmail.com (TM)

Affiliations German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle—Jena—Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle—Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Thomas Mesaglio

Contributed equally to this work with: Corey T. Callaghan, Thomas Mesaglio

callaghan.corey.t@gmail.com (CTC); thomasmesaglio@gmail.com (TM)

Affiliations Centre for Ecosystem Science; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; UNSW Sydney; Sydney, Australia, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; UNSW Sydney; Sydney, Australia

John S. Ascher

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Thomas M. Brooks

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland, World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Analyn A. Cabras

Affiliation Coleoptera Research Center, Institute of Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines

Mark Chandler

Affiliation Earthwatch Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

William K. Cornwell

Affiliation Evolution & Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; UNSW Sydney; Sydney, Australia

Indiana Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver

Affiliations McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Instituto de Investigaciones de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Claustro de San Agustín, Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia

Even Dankowicz

Affiliation Biology Department; Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Naufal Urfi Dhiya’ulhaq

Affiliation Independent Researcher, Mlati, Sleman, DI Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Richard A. Fuller

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Carlos Galindo-Leal

Affiliation Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad: Ciudad de Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Florencia Grattarola

Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha, Czech Republic

Susan Hewitt

Affiliation Independent Researcher, New York, New York, United States of America

Lila Higgins

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Colleen Hitchcock

Affiliation Biology Department; Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Keng-Lou James Hung

Affiliation Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Tony Iwane

Affiliation iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Paula Kahumbu

Affiliation Wildlife Direct, Nairobi, Kenya

Roger Kendrick

Affiliation Director, C & R Wildlife, Tai Po, Hong Kong

Samuel R. Kieschnick

Affiliation Urban Wildlife Biologist, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Gernot Kunz

Affiliation Karl Franzens University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, Department of Biology, Graz, Austria

Chien C. Lee

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

Cheng-Tao Lin

Affiliation Department of Biological Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Scott Loarie

Affiliation iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Milton Norman Medina

Affiliation Coleoptera Research Center, Institute of Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines

Mark A. McGrouther

Affiliation Senior Fellow, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lera Miles

Affiliation UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, United Kingdom

Shaunak Modi

Affiliation Coastal Conservation Foundation, Matunga West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Katarzyna Nowak

Affiliation Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Białowieża, Poland

Rahayu Oktaviani

Affiliation Yayasan Konservasi Ekosistem Alam Nusantara (KIARA), West Java, Indonesia

Brian M. Waswala Olewe

Affiliations Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya, Baruk Yadiym Ecosphere, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Nairobi, Kenya

James Pagé

Affiliation Canadian Wildlife Federation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada

Silviu Petrovan

Affiliation Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

cassi saari

Affiliation Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Carrie E. Seltzer

Affiliation iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Alexey P. Seregin

Affiliation M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Jon J. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Amila P. Sumanapala

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Aristide Takoukam

Affiliation African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO), Kassala-Beach, Dizangue, Littoral, Cameroon

Jane Widness

Affiliation Yale University Department of Anthropology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Keith Willmott

Affiliation McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Wolfgang Wüster

Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

Alison N. Young

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.