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, Australian Research Council 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

Charles Zammit

Affiliation Biodiversity Conservation Branch, Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Simon J. Attwood

Affiliation Biodiversity Conservation Branch, Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Emma Burns

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Claire L. Shepherd

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Australian Research Council 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

Geoff Kay

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DBL CZ SJA EB GK JW. Performed the experiments: DBL GK. Analyzed the data: DBL SJA EB CLS GK JW. Wrote the paper: DBL CZ SJA EB CLS GK JW.