Authorship
Leonardo Sáenz contributed on a regular basis to the analysis
and interpretation of the datasets, he made special contributions to the
analysis of topography and the integrated interpretation of the results
in the context of cloud forest environments. He was involved in drafting
various parts of the manuscript, across multiple revisions and countless
suggestions to improve the quality of the document.
Alex Mayer participated in the conception and experimental
design, he guided and coordinated the acquisition and interpretation of
data for 4 years; he was key in drafting the manuscript and revising it
critically for important intellectual content across numerus weekly
meetings.
Lyssette E. Muñoz-Villers gave suggestions to collect
streamflow data, including using salt dilution methods for the
calibration of the stage discharge relationships, she also contributed
to the definition and analysis of hydrologic metrics and storm indices.
She was involved in revising the document critically for important
intellectual content, particularly in terms of the dominant hydrologic
processes of the cloud forest environments in Mexico.
Heidi Asbjornsen participated in the conception and
experimental design; she was also involved in revising the manuscript
and adding important intellectual content in terms of the comparison of
forest ages and the definition of the novelty aspects of this work, she
also contributed to better contextualize this work.
Z. Carter Berry participated in the experimental design and
leaded the acquisition of data for 2 years, he also collected and shared
data from the vegetation characteristics in the study region. Carter was
involved in revising the document critically for important intellectual
content, a special contribution was the drafting of the description of
the land covers management.
Nathaniel Looker contributed in the acquisition and
interpretation of soil data in the study region, he also participated in
to the revision of the statistical methods. While writing the manuscript
he provided critical feedback, especially in terms of the importance of
forest regeneration processes in the study area and the effects of
shaded coffee management on soil’s degradation.
Robert Manson participated in the conception and experimental
design, he always provided support and ideas to navigate problems in the
field; he was also involved in the revision of the manuscript and shared
previous research publications conducted in the study region, one of his
important intellectual contributions to this work was to link the
results of this research to make recommendations to payments for
environmental services programs.
León Rodrigo Gómez Aguilar participated in the field collection
and post processing of rainfall and streamflow data.