About the Authors

Simone Pedrini

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

simone.pedrini@curtin.edu.au

Affiliation ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, School of Molecular and Life Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Jason C. Stevens

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biodiversity, Kings Park Science, Conservation and Attractions, Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Kingsley W. Dixon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, School of Molecular and Life Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Funding and material support for this research were provided by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Mine Site Restoration, a consortium of 9 organisations: 2 universities (Curtin, UWA) and 7 industry partners (DBCA/Kings Park, Seraustralasia, BHP, Karara, SMC, Mineral resources, Hanson). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.