About the Authors

Jürgen Homeier

jhomeie@gwdg.de

Affiliation Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Dietrich Hertel

Affiliation Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Tessa Camenzind

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Nixon L. Cumbicus

Affiliation Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, San Cayetano Alto, Loja, Ecuador

Mark Maraun

Affiliation J.F. Blumenbach Intitute of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Guntars O. Martinson

Affiliations Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany, Buesgen Institute - Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

L. Nohemy Poma

Affiliation Universidad National de Loja, Ciudadela Universitaria Guillermo Falconí sector La Argelia, Loja, Ecuador

Matthias C. Rillig

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Dorothee Sandmann

Affiliation J.F. Blumenbach Intitute of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Stefan Scheu

Affiliation J.F. Blumenbach Intitute of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Edzo Veldkamp

Affiliation Buesgen Institute - Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Wolfgang Wilcke

Affiliation Geographic Institute, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Hans Wullaert

Affiliation Geographic Institute, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Christoph Leuschner

Affiliation Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH DH CL MM MCR SS EV WW. Performed the experiments: JH DH TC NLC GOM NP MCR DS HW. Analyzed the data: JH DH TC GOM DS HW. Wrote the paper: JH DH CL SS WW.