About the Authors

Adam J. Bates

a.j.bates@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Jon P. Sadler

Affiliation Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Alison J. Fairbrass

Affiliation Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Steven J. Falk

Affiliation Warwickshire Museum, Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

James D. Hale

Affiliation Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Tom J. Matthews

Affiliation Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJB JPS. Performed the experiments: AJB AJF TJM. Analyzed the data: AJB JPS AJF TJM JDH SJF. Wrote the paper: AJB JPS AJF TJM JDH SJF.