About the Authors

David B. Lindenmayer

david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, National Environmental Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Long-term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Jeff Wood

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, National Environmental Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Christopher MacGregor

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, National Environmental Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Long-term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Yvonne M. Buckley

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Natural Sciences & Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Zoology, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Nicholas Dexter

Affiliation Parks Australia, Department of the Environment, Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

Martin Fortescue

Affiliation Parks Australia, Department of the Environment, Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

Richard J. Hobbs

Affiliations School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Jane A. Catford

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DBL JW CM ND MF. Performed the experiments: DBL CM ND MF. Analyzed the data: DBL JW CM. Wrote the paper: DBL JW CM YMB ND MF RJH JAC.