About the Authors

Xiaobao Deng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla County, Yunnan– 666 303, P.R. China

Dharmalingam Mohandass

dmohandass997@yahoo.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla County, Yunnan– 666 303, P.R. China

Masatoshi Katabuchi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, 322 Carr Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States of America

Alice C. Hughes

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla County, Yunnan– 666 303, P.R. China

David W. Roubik

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla County, Yunnan– 666 303, P.R. China, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, APDO 0843–03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XD. Performed the experiments: XD. Analyzed the data: MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XD. Wrote the paper: DM ACH. Assisted with the experiment design and paper editing: DWR.