About the Authors

Simon F. K. Hills

s.f.hills@massey.ac.nz

Affiliation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

James S. Crampton

Affiliation GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Steven A. Trewick

Affiliation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Mary Morgan-Richards

Affiliation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors declare that one of the authors, JSC, is an employee of a commercial company, GNS Science. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFKH JSC SAT MMR. Performed the experiments: SFKH JSC. Analyzed the data: SFKH JSC. Wrote the paper: SFKH JSC SAT MMR.