About the Authors

Jamie R. Wood

woodj@landcareresearch.co.nz

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Janet M. Wilmshurst

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Nicolas J. Rawlence

Current address: Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Karen I. Bonner

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Trevor H. Worthy

Current address: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

John M. Kinsella

Affiliation HelmWest Laboratory, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Alan Cooper

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

JRW, JMW and KIB are employed by Landcare Research. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRW JMW THW AC. Performed the experiments: JRW KIB NJR. Analyzed the data: JRW JMK. Wrote the paper: JRW JMW THW AC.