About the Authors

Antonius G. T. Schut

tom.schut@wur.nl

Affiliations Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia, Curtin Institute for Biodiversity and Climate, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Grant W. Wardell-Johnson

Affiliation Curtin Institute for Biodiversity and Climate, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Colin J. Yates

Affiliation Science Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Gunnar Keppel

Affiliation School of Natural and Built Environments and Barbara Hardy Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Ireneusz Baran

Affiliation AAM Pty Limited, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Steven E. Franklin

Affiliation Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Stephen D. Hopper

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, The University of Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Kimberley P. Van Niel

Affiliation School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Ladislav Mucina

Affiliation School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Margaret Byrne

Affiliation Science Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors received in-kind support from AAM Pty Limited. 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: AS GWJ CY GK SF SH KN LM MB. Performed the experiments: AS GWJ GK IB. Analyzed the data: AS GWJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB. Wrote the paper: AS GWJ CY GK IB SF SH KN LM MB.