About the Authors

Volker Grimm

volker.grimm@ufz.de

Affiliations Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, University of Potsdam, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Potsdam, Germany

Uta Berger

Affiliation TU Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences, Dresden, Germany

Stefano Mammola

Affiliations Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Water Research Institute (IRSA), Verbania Pallanza, Italy, Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.