About the Authors
- Jessica Worthington Wilmer
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* E-mail: jessica.wilmer@qm.qld.gov.au
Affiliation Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Lynde Murray
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Current address: Ecology Division, Lambert and Rehbein, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Affiliations Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Ché Elkin
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Current address: Forest Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Chris Wilcox
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Affiliation Marine and Atmospheric Research Division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Darren Niejalke
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Affiliation Olympic Dam Expansion Project, BHP Billiton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Hugh Possingham
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: One of the authors (D. Niejalke) is affiliated to (e.g. employee) the commercial funders of this research BHP Billiton. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JWW. Performed the experiments: JWW LM. Analyzed the data: JWW LM CE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWW CW DN HP. Wrote the paper: JWW LM CE CW DN HP.