About the Authors

Paul D. N. Hebert

phebert@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Jeremy R. deWaard

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Evgeny V. Zakharov

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Sean W. J. Prosser

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Jayme E. Sones

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Jaclyn T. A. McKeown

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Beth Mantle

Affiliation CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia

John La Salle

Affiliations CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDNH JLS JRD. Performed the experiments: SWJP JES JTAM BM. Analyzed the data: PDNH JRD SWJP EVZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDNH. Wrote the paper: PDNH JRD EVZ SWJP JES JTAM BM JLS.