About the Authors

Lara D. Shepherd

Lara.Shepherd@tepapa.govt.nz

Affiliations Allan Wilson Centre, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand

Trevor H. Worthy

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

Alan J. D. Tennyson

Affiliation Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand

R. Paul Scofield

Affiliation Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand

Kristina M. Ramstad

Affiliation Allan Wilson Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

David M. Lambert

Affiliations Allan Wilson Centre, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, Griffith School of Environment and School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: R. Paul Scofield is an employee of the Canterbury Museum, and Lara D. Shepherd and Alan J.D. Tennyson are employees of the Museum of New Zealand. 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: LDS THW AJDT DML. Performed the experiments: LDS KMR. Analyzed the data: LDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THW AJD RPS. Wrote the paper: LDS THW AJDT KMR DML.