About the Authors

Peter O. Alele

alelepeter@gmail.com

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Great Nile Conservation Centre (GNCC), Lira, Uganda, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kabale, Uganda

Douglas Sheil

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kabale, Uganda

Yann Surget-Groba

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China

Shi Lingling

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Charles H. Cannon

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: POA CHC. Performed the experiments: POA SL. Analyzed the data: POA DS CHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS YSG CHC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: POA DS YSG CHC.