1. W. F. Laurance is a research scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Panamá, and Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), C.P. 478, Manaus, AM 69011-970, Brazil.
2. M. A. Cochrane is a research scientist at the Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative (BSRSI), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA.
3. S. Bergen is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
4. P. M. Fearnside is a research scientist at the INPA Ecology Department.
5. P. Delamônica is assistant director of the BDFFP
6. C. Barber is a research associate at BSRSI
7. S. D'Angelo and T. Fernandes are BDFFP research assistants.