About the Authors

Brian Huntley

brian.huntley@durham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Judy R. M. Allen

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Yvonne C. Collingham

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Thomas Hickler

Affiliations Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Department of Physical Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Adrian M. Lister

Affiliation Palaeontology Department, Palaeontology Research Division, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Joy Singarayer

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Anthony J. Stuart

Affiliation School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Martin T. Sykes

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Geocentrum 2, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Paul J. Valdes

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Provided expertise on megafauna: AJS AML. Contributed to revision and editing of the final manuscript: BH JRMA YCC TH AML JS AJS MTS PJV. Conceived and designed the experiments: BH AML PJV JRMA. Performed the experiments: JS PJV JRMA YCC. Analyzed the data: BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTS TH JS PJV. Wrote the paper: BH.