About the Authors

Alexandra Erfmeier

alexandra.erfmeier@botanik.uni-halle.de

Affiliations Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, German Institute for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Bio City, Leipzig, Germany

Lydia Hantsch

Affiliation Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Helge Bruelheide

Affiliations Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, German Institute for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Bio City, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Commented on previous versions of the manuscript AE LH HB. Conceived and designed the experiments: AE HB. Performed the experiments: LH. Analyzed the data: AE HB. Wrote the paper: AE.