About the Authors

Jamie R. Wood

woodj@landcareresearch.co.nz

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Janet M. Wilmshurst

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Steven J. Wagstaff

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Trevor H. Worthy

a Current address: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nicolas J. Rawlence

b Current address: Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Alan Cooper

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

JRW, JMW and SJW are employed by Landcare Research. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRW JMW THW AC. Performed the experiments: JRW JMW THW NJR. Analyzed the data: JRW JMW SJW. Wrote the paper: JRW JMW SJW THW NJR AC.