About the Authors

Mark A. Burgman

markab@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Marissa McBride

Affiliation Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Raquel Ashton

Affiliation Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Andrew Speirs-Bridge

Affiliation Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Louisa Flander

Affiliation Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Bonnie Wintle

Affiliation Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Fiona Fidler

Affiliation Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Libby Rumpff

Affiliation Commonwealth Centre for Applied Environmental Decision Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Charles Twardy

Affiliation C4I Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAB MM FF LF. Performed the experiments: MAB RA MM ASB LR BW LF. Analyzed the data: MAB MM RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASB FF RA. Wrote the paper: MAB MM LF CT BW.