About the Authors

Emma C. Underwood

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: eunderwoodrussell@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

M. Rebecca Shaw

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kerrie A. Wilson

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Peter Kareiva

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kirk R. Klausmeyer

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Marissa F. McBride

Affiliation Environmental Science, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Michael Bode

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Scott A. Morrison

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jonathan M. Hoekstra

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hugh P. Possingham

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW HP MS KK SM JH EU. Performed the experiments: MB KK EU MM. Analyzed the data: KW MB KK EU MM. Wrote the paper: PK KW HP MS KK EU.