About the Authors

Madelon Lohbeck

madelon.lohbeck@wur.nl

Affiliations Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex-hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Edwin Lebrija-Trejos

Affiliations Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Miguel Martínez-Ramos

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex-hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Jorge A. Meave

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Lourens Poorter

Affiliation Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Frans Bongers

Affiliation Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML ELT MMR JAM LP FB. Performed the experiments: ML ELT MMR JAM LP FB. Analyzed the data: ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML ELT MMR JAM LP FB. Wrote the paper: ML ELT MMR JAM LP FB.