About the Authors

Gerlinde B. De Deyn

gerlindede@gmail.com

Affiliations Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Helen Quirk

Affiliation Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Simon Oakley

Affiliation Plant-Soil Interactions Group, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Nick J. Ostle

Affiliation Plant-Soil Interactions Group, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Richard D. Bardgett

Affiliation Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDB NJO GBDD. Performed the experiments: HQ SO GBDD. Analyzed the data: GBDD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDB NJO. Wrote the paper: GBDD RDB NJO.