About the Authors

Andrea E. Byrom

byroma@landcareresearch.co.nz

Affiliation Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

Dean P. Anderson

Affiliation Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

Morgan Coleman

Affiliation Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

Caroline Thomson

Affiliation Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

Martin L. Cross

Affiliation Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

Roger P. Pech

Affiliation Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB DA RP. Performed the experiments: AB MC CT RP. Analyzed the data: AB DA CT MC RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA. Wrote the paper: AB DA MC RP.