About the Authors

Bronwyn Price

bronwyn.price@wsl.ch

Affiliations The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, The University of Queensland,Centre for Spatial Environmental Research, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, St Lucia, Australia

Clive A. McAlpine

Affiliation The University of Queensland,Centre for Spatial Environmental Research, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, St Lucia, Australia

Alex S. Kutt

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Doug Ward

Affiliation Griffith University, Australian Rivers Institute, Nathan campus, Nathan, Australia

Stuart R. Phinn

Affiliation The University of Queensland,Centre for Spatial Environmental Research, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, St Lucia, Australia

John A. Ludwig

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Atherton, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: BP DW. Wrote the paper: BP CM AK DW SP JL. Collected field data: AK BP CM. Conceived manuscript concepts/ideas: BP CM DW SP JL.