About the Authors

Xiaoli Shen

xlshen.pku@gmail.com

Current Address: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA, United States of America

Norman A. Bourg

Current Address: U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program – Eastern Branch, Reston, VA, United States of America

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA, United States of America

William J. McShea

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA, United States of America

Benjamin L. Turner

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XS NAB WJM. Performed the experiments: XS NAB. Analyzed the data: XS NAB WJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLT. Wrote the paper: XS NAB WJM BLT.