About the Authors

Andy Hector

andrew.hector@uzh.ch

Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stefanie von Felten

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Yann Hautier

Current address: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Maja Weilenmann

Affiliation Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Helge Bruelheide

Affiliation Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Competing Interests

Andy Hector was employed visiting researcher in computational ecology and environmental science at MSR (Microsoft Research) Cambridge. 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: AH HB. Analyzed the data: AH YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW HB SVF. Wrote the paper: AH YH. Additional input analyzing the data: SVF MW HB. Additional input writing the manuscript: SVF MW HB.