About the Authors

Michael Kessler

Affiliation Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Dietrich Hertel

Dietrich.Hertel@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Affiliation Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Hermann F. Jungkunst

Affiliation Geoecology/Physical Geography, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

Jürgen Kluge

Affiliations Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Stefan Abrahamczyk

Affiliations Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Systematic Botany and Mycology, Department of Biology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Merijn Bos

Affiliations Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Louis Bolk Institute, LA Driebergen, The Netherlands

Damayanti Buchori

Affiliation Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB, Bogor Agricultural University, Kampus Darmaga, Bogor, Indonesia

Gerhard Gerold

Affiliation Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

S. Robbert Gradstein

Affiliation Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Departement Systématique et Evolution (UMS 602), C.P. 39, Paris, France

Stefan Köhler

Affiliation Landscape Ecology and Land Evaluation, Faculty for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Christoph Leuschner

Affiliation Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Gerald Moser

Affiliations Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Plant Ecology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Ramadhanil Pitopang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia

Shahabuddin Saleh

Affiliation Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tadulako, Palu, Indonesia

Christian H. Schulze

Affiliation Department of Animal Biodiversity, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Simone G. Sporn

Affiliation FEMS Central Office, CL Delft, The Netherlands

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Sri S. Tjitrosoedirdjo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB, Bogor Agricultural University, Kampus Darmaga, Bogor, Indonesia

Teja Tscharntke

Affiliation Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL GG TT. Performed the experiments: SA MB DB SRG SK GM RP SS CHS SGS IS-D SST. Analyzed the data: MK DH HFJ JK GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG SK TT MK. Wrote the paper: MK DH HFJ JK.