About the Authors

Urs Schaffner

U.Schaffner@cabi.org

Affiliation CABI, Delémont, Switzerland

Christine Alewell

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

René Eschen

Affiliation CABI, Delémont, Switzerland

Diethart Matthies

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Thomas Spiegelberger

Affiliations CABI, Delémont, Switzerland, Ecosystèmes montagnards, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture, Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France

Otto Hegg

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: US DM OH. Performed the experiments: CA RE TS OH. Analyzed the data: US DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CA. Wrote the paper: US CA DM OH.