About the Authors

Philip Gibbons

Philip.Gibbons@anu.edu.au

Affiliation The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Linda van Bommel

Affiliation The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

A. Malcolm Gill

Affiliation The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Geoffrey J. Cary

Affiliation The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Don A. Driscoll

Affiliation The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Ross A. Bradstock

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Emma Knight

Affiliation Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Max A. Moritz

Affiliation Ecosystem Sciences Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Scott L. Stephens

Affiliation Ecosystem Sciences Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

David B. Lindenmayer

Affiliation The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG EK AMG DD GC RB DL LvB MM SS. Performed the experiments: PG LvB. Analyzed the data: PG LvB. Wrote the paper: PG EK AMG DD GC RB DL LvB MM SS.