David Burslem is Senior Lecturer in Tropical Plant Science at the University of Aberdeen. His current research focuses on tropical forest sites in Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Ecuador.

Michelle Pinard is Lecturer in Tropical Forestry at the University of Aberdeen. Her research focuses on sites in Ghana, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Bolivia.

Sue Hartley is Reader in Ecology at the University of Sussex, specialising in the study of plant-animal interactions.

Contributors:

- John J. Ewel

- Ankila Hiremath

- Lourens Poorter

- Jim Dalling

- David Burslem

- Maria Uriarte

- Stephen P. Hubbell

- Robert John

- Roger Condit

- Charles D. Canham

- Drew Purves

- Steve Pacala

- Greg Gilbert

- Ian Alexander

- Lee Su See

- Edward Allen Herre

- Damond Kyllo

- Scott Mangan

- Rebecca Husband

- Luis C. Mejia

- Ahn-Heum Eom

- S. A. Van Bael

- Z. Maynard

- N. Robbins

- J. Bischoff

- A. E. Arnold

- E. Rojas

- R. A. Cordero

- C. Woodward

- Jaboury Ghazoul

- Helene Muller-Landau

- Denise Hardesty

- Joe Fragoso

- Bob Marquis

- Fergus Massey

- Malcolm Press

- Sue Hartley

- Deborah Letourneau

- Lee Dyer

- Doyle McKey

- Laurence Gaume

- Carine Brouat

- Bruno Di Gusto

- Laurence Pascal

- Gabriel Debout

- Ambroise Dalecky

- Martin Heil

- Paulo S. Oliveira

- Kleber Del-Claro

- William F. Laurance

- Saara DeWalt

- Ariel Lugo

- Thomas Brandeis

- R. Sukumar

- H. S. Suresh

- H. S. Dattaraja

- A. Srinidhi

- C. Nath

- Michelle Pinard