About the Authors

Anna R. Renwick

a.renwick@uq.edu.au

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, the NERP Environmental Decisions Hub, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Catherine J. Robinson

Affiliations CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Ecoscience Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Tara G. Martin

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, the NERP Environmental Decisions Hub, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Ecoscience Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Tracey May

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Phil Polglase

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Crace, Australia Capital Territory, Australia

Hugh P. Possingham

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, the NERP Environmental Decisions Hub, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kingdom

Josie Carwardine

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, the NERP Environmental Decisions Hub, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Ecoscience Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: ARR. Carried out the analysis and was the lead writer of the manuscript: ARR. Contributed to the research design and paper writing: ARR JC CJR TGM. Provided the land tenure data: TM. Made comments on and helped revise the original manuscript: TM PP HPP.