About the Authors

David B. Lindenmayer

david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, and The National Environment Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Wade Blanchard

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Lachlan McBurney

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

David Blair

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Sam Banks

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Gene E. Likens

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Jerry F. Franklin

Affiliation School of Environmental and Forest Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

William F. Laurance

Affiliation Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

John A. R. Stein

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Philip Gibbons

Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, and The National Environment Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DBL WB LM DB SB PG. Performed the experiments: DBL WB LM DB SB PG. Analyzed the data: DBL WB LM DB SB GEL JFF WFL JARS PG. Wrote the paper: DBL WB LM DB SB GEL JFF WFL JARS PG.