About the Authors

David O. Cummings

davidocummings@hotmail.com

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Cardno Ecology Lab, Cardno NSW/ACT Pty Ltd, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

Jerome Buhl

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

Raymond W. Lee

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Stephen J. Simpson

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

Sebastian P. Holmes

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The School of Natural Sciences, The University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DOC SPH. Analyzed the data: DOC SPH JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DOC RWL. Wrote the paper: DOC SPH JB SJS RWL.