About the Authors

Javier Fajardo

javierfajnolla@gmail.com

Affiliations Centro Universitario de Mérida, Universidad de Extremadura, Mérida, Spain, Real Jardín Botánico (RJB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Janeth Lessmann

Affiliation Centro de Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador

Elisa Bonaccorso

Affiliations Centro de Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Christian Devenish

Affiliations Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI), Lima, Peru

Jesús Muñoz

Affiliations Real Jardín Botánico (RJB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, Centro de Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

ATECMA provided funding toward this study through a CRUE-CEPYME grant. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF JL EB CD JM. Performed the experiments: JF. Analyzed the data: JF. Wrote the paper: JF JL EB CD JM. Collected data: CD. Participated in building the database: JF JL. Designed the scripts to run the models: JM JF JL.