About the Authors

Mark A. Higgins

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Gregory P. Asner

gpa@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Christopher B. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Roberta E. Martin

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

David E. Knapp

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Raul Tupayachi

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America

Eneas Perez

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru

Nydia Elespuru

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru

Alfonso Alonso

Affiliation Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAH GPA. Performed the experiments: MAH GPA CBA REM DEK RT EP NE. Analyzed the data: MAH CBA DEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAH GPA AA. Wrote the paper: MAH GPA AA.