About the Authors

Melanie Massaro

mmassaro@csu.edu.au

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Raazesh Sainudiin

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Don Merton

Affiliation National Office, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand

James V. Briskie

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Anthony M. Poole

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Marie L. Hale

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

† Deceased.

Performed the experiments: MM DM RS. Analyzed the data: RS MM MLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM JVB RS. Wrote the paper: MM AMP MLH RS JVB. Led the team that saved the black robin from extinction: DM.