About the Authors

Maïa Berman

abeille2@gmail.com

Affiliations Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Winnellie, Northern Territory, Australia, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia, Unité Mixte de Recherche 0931 (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l’Architecture des Plantes), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Alan N. Andersen

Affiliations Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Winnellie, Northern Territory, Australia, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia

Christelle Hély

Affiliation Unité Mixte de Recherche 5059 (Centre de Bio-Archéologie et Ecologie), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Laboratoire Paléoenvironnements et Chronoécologie, Montpellier, France

Cédric Gaucherel

Affiliation Unités Mixtes des Instituts Français de Recherche à l'Etranger 21, Institut Français de Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB ANA CH CG. Performed the experiments: CH CG. Analyzed the data: MB. Wrote the paper: MB ANA.