About the Authors

Tjisse van der Heide

T.van.der.Heide@rug.nl

Affiliation Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), Groningen University, Haren, The Netherlands

Egbert H. van Nes

Affiliation Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Marieke M. van Katwijk

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Han Olff

Affiliation Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), Groningen University, Haren, The Netherlands

Alfons J. P. Smolders

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH AS EN MK. Performed the experiments: TH. Analyzed the data: TH AS EN. Wrote the paper: TH AS EN MK HO.