1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics Maynooth University Maynooth Ireland
2. UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science University College Dublin Dublin 4 Ireland
3. Teagasc Environment Research Centre Johnstown Castle Ireland
4. Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre Fermoy Ireland
5. Department of Life Sciences Imperial College London Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road Ascot SL5 7PY United Kingdom
6. Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto–Scarborough 1265 Military Trail Toronto Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada
7. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ecological and Environmental Modelling Group University College Dublin Dublin 4 Ireland