About the Authors
- Stephane Boyer
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* E-mail: stephane.boyer@lincoln.ac.nz
Affiliation Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
- Samuel D. J. Brown
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Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
- Rupert A. Collins
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Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
- Robert H. Cruickshank
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Affiliation Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
- Marie-Caroline Lefort
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Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
- Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte
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Affiliation Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
- Stephen D. Wratten
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Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: This work was partly supported by Solid Energy New Zealand Limited as part of the rehabilitation of the Stockton mine. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SDW. Performed the experiments: SB. Analyzed the data: SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB RHC. Wrote the paper: SB SDJB RAC RHC M-CL JM-O SDW. Wrote the software code for sliding window analysis: SDJB.