About the Authors

Rupert A. Collins

rupertcollins@gmail.com

Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

Karen F. Armstrong

Affiliation Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

Rudolf Meier

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Youguang Yi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Samuel D. J. Brown

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

Robert H. Cruickshank

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

Suzanne Keeling

Affiliation Animal Health Laboratory, Investigation and Diagnostic Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Colin Johnston

Affiliation Animal Health Laboratory, Investigation and Diagnostic Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAC CJ SK KFA RM YY RHC. Performed the experiments: RAC YY. Analyzed the data: RAC SDJB RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KFA RM CJ SK. Wrote the paper: RAC RM KFA SK CJ RHC.