About the Authors

Heng Wee Tan

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Bevan S. Weir

Affiliation Systematics Group, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand

Noel Carter

Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom

Peter B. Heenan

Affiliation Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research, Lincoln, Christchurch, New Zealand

Hayley J. Ridgway

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Euan K. James

Affiliation Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Janet I. Sprent

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

J. Peter W. Young

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Mitchell Andrews

Mitchell.andrews@lincoln.ac.nz

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA HWT PBH HJR. Performed the experiments: HWT MA PBH HJR. Analyzed the data: MA HWT PBH JPWY HJR EKJ JIS BSW NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC BSW. Wrote the paper: MA HWT PBH HJR.