About the Authors

Mark A. Read

Affiliation Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Gordon C. Grigg

Affiliation School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Steve R. Irwin

† Deceased.

Affiliation Australia Zoo, Beerwah, Queensland, Australia

Danielle Shanahan

Affiliation School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Craig E. Franklin

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: c.franklin@uq.edu.au

Affiliation School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG CF MR SI. Performed the experiments: CF MR SI. Analyzed the data: CF MR DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF MR SI. Wrote the paper: GG CF MR DS.